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Patients Less Likely to Heed Advice if Doctor Obese Fri Jan 3, 1:53 PM ET, By Charnicia E. Huggins NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - One of the most important ways that doctors can treat and prevent obesity in their overweight patients is by counseling them to make healthier lifestyle choices. Yet patients of obese doctors are less likely to readily accept everything their doctor says, according to new study findings. 'For some patients, the perceived health status and health behavior of the physician may be a factor in the readiness to accept advice and or counseling,' lead study author Dr. Robert B. Hash of Mercer University School of Medicine in Macon, Georgia told Reuters Health...
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