Many Obese Patients Fail to Link Their
Weight to Their Health
Newswise,
October 20, 2011 — Many overweight and obese patients in
hospital emergency departments don’t believe their
weight poses health risks, and many say doctors have
never told them otherwise, according to a University of
Florida study.
Researchers asked 450 random patients in a Florida
hospital emergency department two questions: Do you
believe your present weight is unhealthy, and has a
doctor ever said you are overweight? Of those reporting
that their weight was unhealthy, only 19 percent said
they’d ever discussed it with a doctor.
And only 30 percent of those who reported being told by
their doctor that their weight was unhealthy agreed with
that opinion. Researchers also measured body mass index
and waist circumference, indicators of body fat.
About 47 percent of obese and
overweight men said they believed their
weight was problematic; 53 percent didn’t.
“People generally hear what they want to hear,” say
boomer generation health experts Dian Griesel, Ph.D.,
and Tom Griesel, authors of the new book TurboCharged:
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and Leave Diet and Exercise Rules in the Dust (April
2011, BSH). “Today, anyone who thinks being obese is not
a health risk is kidding themselves.”
“I’m sure the patients have been told of the risks of
obesity, and the doctors may have just given up due to
their advice falling on deaf ears,” adds Tom Griesel.
“Also,
most doctors have not been trained in nutrition, and
many are overweight or obese themselves. They are not
setting a good example, and they have no useful advice
other than ‘you need to lose weight.’”
“Obese people often associate
with other obese or overweight people, so
they do not notice anything unusual after
awhile,” says Dian Griesel. “Also, with 30%+
of the population obese at this point, obese
people are a common sight. This may help
overweight and obese individuals justify
that their condition is normal and not a
problem.”
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