Morbidly Obese doctors

ChgingMe
ChgingMe Posts: 539 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Does anyone have one? My doc is about 60 or so pounds overweight. Am I the only one that finds this disturbing?
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  • Julescg26
    Julescg26 Posts: 260 Member
    Not really, they have a generally very sedentary job sat at a desk most of the day, probably bad eating habits cause of their schedule (if my friend is anything to go by!)

    Last time I went to my doctor I had the usual - "You need to lose weight" chat, he looked very embarrased and admitted that he also needed to lose weight - i would have challenged him to a weight loss competition if he hadn't have been a locum!!
  • fcp1234
    fcp1234 Posts: 1,098 Member
    My doctor is young and in very good shape, he is kinda hot.
  • bulbadoof
    bulbadoof Posts: 1,058 Member
    My doctor could probably stand to gain a few pounds, honestly. She looks good though, healthy!
  • HurricaneElaine
    HurricaneElaine Posts: 984 Member
    I had one doctor who was twice my size (meaning, probably in excess of 400 lbs). He was my ophthalmologist starting from 2001. I left him after he misdiagnosed me with glaucoma - I'd gotten a second AND third opinion proving him wrong. Idiot. :noway:
  • JTick
    JTick Posts: 2,131 Member
    When I was a kid my pediatrician was about 100 lbs overweight. Didnt work real well telling a kid to lose weight when she was so heavy herself. Now my doctors are all pretty fit.
  • lacroyx
    lacroyx Posts: 5,754 Member
    Mine is. I'd say about 100-125 lbs. overweight. Does it bother me? Not really. He's given sound advice and I listened to most of it.
  • Maddalen101
    Maddalen101 Posts: 307 Member
    Fat does not mean stupid or incompetent. If we buy into this stereotype we only injure ourselves. Stupidity and incompetence comes in every size.
  • skylark94
    skylark94 Posts: 2,036 Member
    I do think that regardless of their lifestyle, doctors need to hold themselves to a higher standard when it comes to health. When my daughter was in the hospital it always made me nuts to look out the window and see the number of doctors and nurses standing just off the property to smoke.

    "Do as I say, not as I do" should not apply.
  • kathleennf
    kathleennf Posts: 606 Member
    One of my professors in residency was a former college football player and only a little chunky. He was very blunt (in a good and funny way) about everything in general, and would often go in to talk to postop patients and tell them the same thing: 'You and I have the same basic problem, we're both TOO FAT!" He was so good-natured about it that I never saw a single one get mad! And I think they both got the point. But he was not morbidly obese. I have worked with a number though- doctors have to struggle with weight issues too!
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    I don't have one, but I work in healthcare so I've known several. They were all good doctors. It is disturbing because you know that they know what being obese can do to their health. But when you think about it, so does just about every other obese person.
  • Joanne_nc84
    Joanne_nc84 Posts: 3
    Ive had a couple of nutritionist telling me that I needed to lose some weight when they were bigger than me! I hate that crap though, one of my pet peeves!
  • litatura
    litatura Posts: 569 Member
    They're human and have their own struggles too, including with their weight. Just because a person knows better doesn't necessarily mean that they do better. I'd be more leery of a doctor on a ridiculous fad diet than an overweight one.
  • Maddalen101
    Maddalen101 Posts: 307 Member
    True ... I deal sometimes with docs who subscribe to the current CR (caloric restriction) fad. They look grey and cadaverous, and think they're healthy as horses. Scary.
  • supplemama
    supplemama Posts: 1,956 Member
    My doctor has a VERY fat nurse. At the time of my yearly physical in January, I was obese, 238 pounds, and she's so morbidly obese she made me look svelte. I wonder how she felt, hearing the doctor tell me I must lose weight...I do find it odd that any doctor or nurse would be obese, but they are human after all and make mistakes in life like everyone else.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    I do think that regardless of their lifestyle, doctors need to hold themselves to a higher standard when it comes to health. When my daughter was in the hospital it always made me nuts to look out the window and see the number of doctors and nurses standing just off the property to smoke.

    "Do as I say, not as I do" should not apply.

    Why shouldn't it apply? If a doctor knows how to make someone healthy or healthier, are you suggesting that they shouldn't do it because they don't keep themselves healthy?
  • andiimarie
    andiimarie Posts: 114 Member
    Doctors are humans just like the rest of us. They are not above the same problems that we all have, they are just more educated about them. And why would we only expect physicians to be exemplary role models? Frankly I'm more concerned about the condition of the nurses that I see on a daily basis than I am the physicians. But again, no matter what our profession is, we're all human. We're not going to be perfect and we shouldn't be expected to be.
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    I do think that regardless of their lifestyle, doctors need to hold themselves to a higher standard when it comes to health. When my daughter was in the hospital it always made me nuts to look out the window and see the number of doctors and nurses standing just off the property to smoke.

    "Do as I say, not as I do" should not apply.

    It isn't the role of ANY doctor to tell you how to live your life.
  • Cold_Steel
    Cold_Steel Posts: 897 Member
    It is kind of like saying cops never get speeding tickets, construction workers have the best homes, lawyers never get sued, all dentists have perfect teeth and a watchmaker never has a broken watch.
  • bathsheba_c
    bathsheba_c Posts: 1,873 Member
    It is kind of like saying cops never get speeding tickets, construction workers have the best homes, lawyers never get sued, all dentists have perfect teeth and a watchmaker never has a broken watch.

    QFT

    Besides, how do you know why they are overweight? Maybe they have a medical issue that makes keeping a healthy weight difficult. And it is only exacerbated by the tough schedule doctors keep and the lack of healthy meal options available at their place of work (seriously, hospital cafeterias have the unhealthiest meals).
  • MrDude_1
    MrDude_1 Posts: 2,510 Member
    Not really, they have a generally very sedentary job sat at a desk most of the day, probably bad eating habits cause of their schedule

    umm. NO.

    they atleast walk around an office from patient to patient and stand in a room.
    I sit on my *kitten* for 8+ hours a day infront of a PC. no real walking around, and if I get up its to another meeting where I sit down.

    Thats not really a decent excuse. Eat less or move more.
  • ebony__
    ebony__ Posts: 519 Member
    Don't we generally go to the doctor to get their help and opinion/ advice?
    I don't go there to judge them for their lifestyle, their size does not make their medical degree any less valid.
  • MrDude_1
    MrDude_1 Posts: 2,510 Member
    Don't we generally go to the doctor to get their help and opinion/ advice?
    I don't go there to judge them for their lifestyle, their size does not make their medical degree any less valid.

    but since a lot of their requests are personal opinion.. if they don't know how to live a healthy lifestyle, its hard for them to really be helpful in perusing one.

    Then again, im not there for their advice... Im normally only there to tell them run this test and give me the numbers, or give me an antibiotic.
    I look at it a lot like a car mechanic. While there are great mechanics out there, none of them are going to put the same amount of time effort and commitment into my car as I will.. they cant get it as good because they cant commit that much time to one car. I might not know anything about your car, but I know mine inside and out..... same thing goes for myself.
  • pdj1220
    pdj1220 Posts: 175
    It doesn't bother me, in fact having someone who knows my struggles can be comforting.

    As a side note, I have yet to see anyone really healthy who is in orthopedicts. Guess all those knees and hips drive the point home.
  • fitby2012
    fitby2012 Posts: 167 Member
    My doctor is kind of heavy, but if she was bigger, it wouldn't bother me. When she gives me diet tips, she seems to really feel my frustration. Plus, she is trying to lose weight, so she can give me her own personal testimony. She is a human first, a doctor second :-).
  • fay_pigu
    fay_pigu Posts: 125 Member
    A doctors weight should be the last thing you worry about. I had a few friends that became doctors and went to a Uni with a large student nurse population - fun drinking people but dear God I try not to think about that when I visit them.
  • FiercelyBeautiful
    FiercelyBeautiful Posts: 590 Member
    That's like saying therapists should never get depressed, that hair stylists should never have a bad hair day, that stay at home moms should be perfect parents et cetera. You should never equate someones professional competency based on their personal life because their challenges are unique from the people they service. Some people are really good at helping other people and struggle when it comes to themselves. That being said, it isnt unreasonable to want what is best for them but it should be about them not the result of selfish and judgmental ambition. 90% of people know how to lose weight but knowing and doing are two completely different things.
  • sarahmoo12
    sarahmoo12 Posts: 756 Member
    every doctor in my surgery is thin bar the one that owns it and hes just slightly more chunky!
    I dont think being overweight would make a bad doctor though its hard staying healthy, plus my partners doctor is a health nut!! pure mad about hiking and she is a stupid nasty cow loads of her patients have been complaining, so fat or skinny dosnt mean your bad or good at your job
  • pattyann1112
    pattyann1112 Posts: 24
    One of my doctors is heavy also, but it works the opposite for me. I am more likely to visit her because I'm not intimidated.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,974 Member
    Only thing I care about my doc is hearing my blood test results. They are adults and make whatever decisions they want about their own lives. I just worry about my own health and my family's health first.

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  • sleepyjean88
    sleepyjean88 Posts: 180 Member
    My doctor is uber fit and has the tiniest waist, and honestly her fitness levels don't bother me, she's a good doctor that's all that matters.

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