Well, I certainly look forward to having a frank conversation with my doctor (not that I have seen him in the 3 years since I joined the practice).
I hope he will find it interesting not too shocking educational refreshing.
although I actually do feel sorry for healthcare staff tackling the issue of weight loss and obesity. They probably started their career all bright and shiny and Enthusiastic to help and care for their patients. But over time, the endless regurgitation of policy approved dietary advice has done nothing but seen their patients get fatter, and metabolic syndrome become epidemic.
And it is natural to blame others. It can’t be the advice, can it?
And if they are a typical healthcare worker, they are fighting their own personal battle of the bulge, and applying their own advice to themselves must just cause even more frustration.
personally, I doubt if doctors will take the slightest notice of the new advice. They have probably learned long ago that frankness gets them many reactions (anger, tears, complaints, disappointment, desperate hope, arguments, detailed life stories...). One thing I am certain is that ‘frankness’ will result in little long term weight loss, if the standard low fat high carb guidelines are part of the package.