Many doctors don't discuss diet with obese patients
Friday, April 30, 2010 - 11:31
in Health & Medicine
With the nation's high rates of obesity and the low odds of weight loss, perhaps weary doctors are just giving up. National statistics show that only about half of obese Americans were advised by their doctors to cut down on fatty foods. The rate, from a 2006 survey, has not changed from a survey taken in 2002.