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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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[-] Murple_27@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 days ago

I think the west (but especially the USA) has created an environment that facilitates obesity and shames people to pay their way out of it.

This is very much true. I would love to be able to ditch my shitty car for a bike, and I would be in much better shape if I did. However doing so is extremely dangerous, because I have to drive 15 minutes down a 55mph stroad just to go get groceries, and I don't even really live in the suburbs. I live in a shitty apartment block that is 5 minutes (again by stroad) away from my manufacturing job.

If this were a sane society everything would be built to scale with the travel abilities of the human body in mind, but it's not, it's built exclusively with the private automobile in mind; and everything else flows out from that.