I am not a scientist, but as someone at 57 who has struggled with my weight since I was a teenager, I wonder if the doctors could use a little help from obese people to conduct the best studies possible. See my suggestion below. What is yours?
In 2013, all doctors in the U.S. decided to call "obesity" a disease. Some years ago, 40% of the general American population were obese. The number is growing and it cuts across all occupations. In hospitals across the nation, a large number of hospital workers are obese - including the doctors! Why are doctors overweight and obese? They have the education, the theoretical solutions, so why have they not been able to apply them? Is it the time factor? Is the advice on how to keep down the weight wrong? Do they not believe in their own advice to their patients? Are they reluctant to get professional help? Do the surroundings play a much greater role than we think? Do the cafeteria food and the food automat have no good choices? Is sugar more addictive than we can imagine? What policy changes would they suggest? If we have the answers, it might help the rest of the population, including those who are most urgently in need of help: obese children.
