Above all, overweight patients deserve to be treated with the same degree of care and compassion as those of normal weight. For some patients, it will be the first positive experience with a physician that the patient has had in years. Rarely do physicians have an opportunity to have as much effect on a patient's psychological, as well as physical, well-being as by evaluating and changing the ways in which they and their staff interact with overweight patients. Body weight and health care among women in the general population. Arch Fam Med.
Overweight women delay medical care.
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