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		metabagel on March 6, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: FDA clears first over-the-counter continuous gluco... > It's also rare for a doctor to tell a person they are too fat and to lose weight. I don't think this is true. Doctors do tell patients if they are overweight, and they do encourage them to make lifestyle changes including losing weight.

psychlops on March 7, 2024 [–]

Okay, that's fair, I didn't provide data so you responded in kind. So I went to find a study:

"Fewer than one of five overweight patients and slightly over half of obese patients reported being told they were overweight by their provider."

So "rare" is the wrong word.

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