Comments on: Physicians Have Less Respect for Overweight Patients http://blog.ultimatefatburner.com/2009/10/28/physicians-respect-overweight-patients/ Dedicated to topics that fall within the general theme of UltimateFatBurner.com (i.e, exercise, body building, supplements,weight loss, diet, etc), but outside the realm of product reviews. Please review our posting protocols page before contributing. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:40:21 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Vincent http://blog.ultimatefatburner.com/2009/10/28/physicians-respect-overweight-patients/comment-page-1/#comment-4203 Vincent Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:47:42 +0000 http://blog.ultimatefatburner.com/?p=2821#comment-4203 The study's findings seems consistent with social psychological studies that have found discrepancies in how people considered attractive are treated as compared to people who are considered unattractive. That the field of medical care is no exception is not surprising, but it is still particularly sad. Doctors may also feel that being overweight demonstrates how unreceptive the patients are to health advice, which would naturally have them trim down. The study’s findings seems consistent with social psychological studies that have found discrepancies in how people considered attractive are treated as compared to people who are considered unattractive. That the field of medical care is no exception is not surprising, but it is still particularly sad.

Doctors may also feel that being overweight demonstrates how unreceptive the patients are to health advice, which would naturally have them trim down.

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