Anonymous
02/29/2024 17:43
Subject: Weight optional at doc visit
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I am overweight, I have encountered multiple MDs who don’t quite understand nuanced weight management discussions. I get it.
But I’m also in healthcare, research, and the large majority of you PPs are completely wrong when you confidently announce that this objective measurement— ** taken over time ** — has little or no relevance to your health picture and future. Certainly at an annual exam and annual GYN appt (vs urgent care for sinusitis) documenting weight is important. WTF are you seeking annual care for, if not to assess your comprehensive health picture?
Agreed. The same group of people claim BMI is useless, are walking around at high body fat (for their gender and age), and then reference professional athletes as examples of why BMI is useless.
I get it. But I, at 140 lbs, look skinny, whereas my sister at the same weight looks fat. We are just built differently - I have broader shoulders and stronger muscles, which undoubtedly plays a role in my weight.
Anonymous
02/29/2024 17:35
Subject: Weight optional at doc visit
My doctor never weighs me — he can tell by looking at me that I need to lose weight, and we have a gentle conversation about it. “Weighing” doesn’t do anything but remind me how fat I am (like I don’t already know) and makes me feel hopeless.
Anonymous
02/29/2024 14:18
Subject: Weight optional at doc visit
Anonymous wrote:Yes, there is fat shaming. But, don’t you want your doctor to know your weight for medication dosing?
What adult medication do you think is dosed by weight? That's a pediatric thing.
In adult medicine, the only thing I can think of is general anesthesia dosed by body surface area. Regular medications -- antihypertensives, pain meds, antibiotics, cholesterol meds, etc. -- might be adjusted by renal clearance, but not really by weight.
Did you have one in mind?
Anonymous
02/29/2024 14:18
Subject: Re:Weight optional at doc visit
With PPs - literally everything you got done was optional, the doctor can't make you do anything.