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Article: Survey of physicians finds negative attitudes toward obese patients.(Endocrinology)
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- Internal Medicine News
- Article date:
- February 15, 2005
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LAS VEGAS -- A survey of 218 Louisiana physicians found widespread disapproval of obese patients and limited use of current clinical strategies for managing obesity, Catherine M. Champagne, Ph.D., reported in two posters at the annual meeting of the North American Association for the Study of Obesity.
Of the physicians who responded, 63% said most health professionals have negative attitudes toward obese patients, and 64% said obese patients are resistant to long-term change. Also, 74% agreed with a statement characterizing obese patients as inactive overeaters who usually do not follow their doctors' advice. Nearly half, 45%, said they would rather work with ...