Doctors biased against overweight people?

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The latest version of political correctness is that Doctors are biased aganst the obese. Obesity is an eating addiction. For doctors to ignore this when treating patients is poor medicine. So long as we keep giving patients a pass for adverse behaviors we will never change them. Today's article in the Washington Post is typical of selective journalism. The issue should be whether doctors need to be trained better in dealing with all kinds of addiction including those due to smoking, and excess use of alcohol, and prescribed medicines, poor dietary habits and lack of exercise. This diatribe in the Post is one of diverting any personal responsibility for health outcomes. It is easier to blame the doctor.

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