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Article: CDC: Obese Not Being Told to Lose Weight
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- April 21, 2004
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DANIEL YEE, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
04-21-2004
Dateline: ATLANTA
Many doctors are not advising their obese patients to lose weight despite a national obesity epidemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said.
Only about 40 percent of doctors told their obese patients to lose weight in 2000, a decrease from 42.5 percent in 1994.
Meanwhile, patients who were advised to lose weight were nearly three times more likely to drop the excess pounds than those who did not have the discussion with their doctor, CDC officials said in a study released Monday.
Doctors "should recognize that obesity, similar to hypertension and diabetes, is a chronic condition and as such requires ...