Doctor in trouble for calling patient obese

[Steeve]

This is sickening. This PC crap is going too far!! A doctor can't even tell his patient when he/she is overweight???

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9063638/


"The board’s Web site says disciplinary sanctions may range from a reprimand to the revocation of all rights to practice in the state."

[techweenie]

The doctor won't get in trouble. Any complaint has to be investigated, but it doesn't mean any action will be taken.

This is reporting worthy of the National Enquirer.

[on-ramp]

This is almost as bad as some NRA shooting program I saw this morning where a 7 year old had a sniper rifle in her hand doing shooting rounds.
this almost deserves its own thread.

[bryanthompson]

This lady was so fat...

(how fat was she, Bryan?)

She was so fat, she had to get baptized at sea world.
She was so fat, when it was raining she used the freeway for a slip and slide.
She was SO fat, when she hauls ass, she has to make two trips.

[gchappel]

This complaint has been floating around for more than a year. I would think the medical board would have more important things to do. I bet a cival lawsuit is in the works as well.
Gary

[bryanthompson]

If some fat b!tch comes into a courtroom complaining that her doctor told her she as obese (according to legit medical standards), any reasonable judge is going to laugh her right out of there, wouldn't you think?

[IROC]

Originally posted by bryanthompson
This lady was so fat...

(how fat was she, Bryan?)

She was so fat, she had to get baptized at sea world.
She was so fat, when it was raining she used the freeway for a slip and slide.
She was SO fat, when she hauls ass, she has to make two trips.

or...

She was so fat, when she walked across the room, the radio skipped.

Mike

[Moses]

My doctor is one of my best friends. He tells me I'm fat every time I see him in the office. Maybe I ought to sue his skinny ass.

[EdT82SC]

Heck, I wish my sister-in-law's doctor would tell her she's obese. It might finally knock some sense into her. She's 5'6" and 300 pounds, and her doctor tells her she's in good health. Her doctor is the one who should be reported to the state medical board, and not the doctor who is trying to save his patients.

[techweenie]

She was so fat, her shadow weighed 40 lbs.

[TerryBPP]

She was so fat that if you cut her leg off gravy would pour out.

[JavaBrewer]

Her high school graduation picture was an aerial photograph.

[cantdrv55]

She was so fat, she had more chins than Chinatown.

[Porsche virgin]

She's so fat, her blood type is Ragu.

[vash]

she is so fat she leaves footprints in concrete!

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[livi]

Unfortunately the obese epidemic has hit the children too. I see kids every day, at work, even preschool age with really disturbing weight problems.

Since its not only a medical issue, but also very much a social and psychological problem, people don´t want to hear any comments regarding their weight. Not even from their doctor.

This goes for their children too. I hate it every time I feel the need to tell them their kid is to fat. They get defensive and react as if I told them out of cruelty and not because I am concerned for their kids health.

-"But we eat very healthy food and he never gets to have pizza or burgers !!!!"

Yeah, sure....

[vash]

ok, on a serious note. we are getting larger. i have season tickets to see shows in an old theater. i blows my mind how small the seats are. like a kids seat. an obese person would not fit.

very sad actually. we need to eat healtier and with more realistic portions sizes. i hope the doctor doesnt get in trouble. last i checked obesity was a medical condition. just like saying a person had cancer.

[djmcmath]

At least in my line of work (Navy), I can tell people they weigh too much and not get fired. Instead of getting in trouble, I get to fire people for being fat. I'm sending home a sailor this fall because he eats too many donut holes. 45% body fat, he is, and he can't manage to back off on the nasty-food.

[JavaBrewer]

I see it at my kids elementry school all the time. Big parents with big kids. It's really quite sad because once the kids reach 3rd or 4th grade their size becomes a social issue. They become targets for harrassement and they can't participate in sports (very well). Instead of correcting the problem the parents go to the school to complain, then swing by In-N-Out and Cold Stone on the way home