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Oct 01, 2019, 10:35 AM
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Member Since: Jul 2019
Location: Downtown Vibes, California
Posts: 15,701
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Originally Posted by Zeroid
Misdiagnosis, or underdiagnosis of the overweight is extremely problematic, and endemic. Doctors will see weight as the problem over everything else and miss many conditions. There is a lot of literature about it now.
It is, of course, worse for women.
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Absolutely true. And so many people who are overweight - especially those who have a mental illness and are overweight from meds - avoid seeing doctors because of shame. It's disgusting and so sad.
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