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In reply to the discussion: "Pregnant, obese...and in danger" [View all]daredtowork
(3,732 posts)The real problem is doctors who treat obesity as a matter of patients "failing to realize" the problem. Some specialists won't see obese patients. Some will only do procedures if patients lose X amount of weight first: as if all the patient needed before now is the right incentive.
The ironic thing is that once obesity is a matter of fact, health problems contribute to difficulty in losing weight. Patients with mobility problems may not be able to exercise enough. Patients with cardiac problems may not be able to "work up a sweat". Patients with fatigue may continually reach for high energy foods.
I'm personally a believer in hormonal/brain chemistry theories of weight as well. I was on a medication regime that put me in a state of anorexia for about a month last year: absolutely not hungry. Thus I'm thinking that people who want or need to lose weight can be put in a similar state without having to go through "stomach stapling" procedures.
So, in short, doctors STFU about how patients "need to lose weight" and stop "incentivizing" them when they've been trying for years but have obvious obstacles that get in the way. Instead, all forms of insurance should pay for the medications that hormonally induce appetite control and mobility issues should be addressed up front without waiting for patients to "lose weight first" - that may never happen! Doctors should do their job and *help* patients lose weight.
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