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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's a combo of factors including:

endocrine disruptors in the environment

chemicals in foods

antidepressants

paradoxical effects of stimulants like adderall...can take away appetite and make someone super skinny, but theory is years later may make same person super fat

[b]body positive messages might need to be mixed with health messages. It's OK to be overweight if your bloodwork, etc says you are healthy, but if not, let's aim for health. Instead, we focus too much on making everyone feel no matter the size it's fine, when health should be part of it.[/b]

Both overweight moms and anorexic moms (who are able to get pregnant) put their fetuses at risk of obesity later on according to some articles I read a while back.[/quote]

Former obese woman who lost 55 pounds on her own. I’d like doctors to be more active themselves, active in helping patients, and for all health insurance to change to push healthier lifestyles.

Some direct changes I’d like in the medical field -

- It really made no sense to me that half of the doctors I saw (male and female) were startlingly overweight but chastising me for the same thing. Public-facing doctors should be fit.

[b]- instead of weighing (female) patients, especially children, before every appointment why not have every health check-up be tagged to an exercise component. Have the doctors or nurse do a light jog with the patient or some cardio.[/b]

- Insurance companies should give a cashback incentive for participants who hit a certain BMI every month. Automatic gym memberships included. Discounts on local farmers co-ops etc
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LOL at the visual of my doctor or nurse jogging around with me at my appointment. We could get all sweaty, and they definitely have an extra 15-20 minutes per patient to go jogging each time.[/quote]

If they did, they’d certainly see less rates of obesity, hypertension, heart disease, diabetes type 2, and an assortment of other fatty problems. [/quote]

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