A study has shown that overweight people are more likely to argue with medical professionals. This conclusion was made by scientists from Oxford University.
According to the World Health Organization, between 1975 and 2016, the number of obese people on our planet has tripled. And this is much more than the total population growth. General practitioners take it upon themselves to be the first to contact most patients, including those who need help with weight loss. And therefore it is very important that a complete understanding and agreement arise between the doctor and his patient. But numerous studies show that patients and doctors often have completely different attitudes about weight.
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Thus, patients tend to attribute their excess weight to factors that they cannot control, such as heredity or hormones, while doctors just attribute it to behavioral causes, such as poor diet and low physical activity. The new study was aimed at analyzing how interactions between patients and doctors are built depending on the body mass index of patients. It was attended by 27 general practitioners and 585 patients from three regions of France.
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It turned out that agreement between patients and doctors was weak (40%) or moderate (60%) on most issues, including various actions, information and tips. But the weakest (20%) this agreement was in questions of overweight. The more often these topics were raised, the lower the level of this agreement turned out to be. Strong disagreement was most often shown in relation to the advice of doctors, which concerned weight loss and lifestyle changes. (READ MORE) 
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British University in Oxford, England. One of the oldest universities in the world, the first English-speaking university in the British Isles.