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Going to the doctor as a fat person sucks (hexbear.net)

submitted 5 days ago by NotLuigi@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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I’m 370 lbs and today I had a doctor tell me that people who are skinnier than me are all like that because they work out and eat right. Can I get a roll call for the people who are less than 370 lbs and eat like shit or don’t work out? Because I’m pretty sure you exist.

Also, one time I had a doctor ask me “are you sure?” 4 times after I said I didn’t have any breathing problems. Like nah I’m just big.

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[-] khizuo@hexbear.net 20 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I’m going to drop some studies here that seriously cast doubt on the idea that there is a causational link between weight loss and health.

https://compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/spc3.12076

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26841729/

Also Health at Every Size is challenging the weight loss paradigm within healthcare:

https://asdah.org/haes/

https://nutritionj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1475-2891-10-9#%3A%7E%3Atext=Evidence+from+these+six+RCTs%2Cmood%2C+self-esteem%2C+body

Fatphobia in the healthcare system is MAJORLY behind the poorer health outcomes of fat patients.