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Archive Home > 2008 > June > 01 > The taboo of obesity in the doctor’s office

The taboo of obesity in the doctor’s office

By Jeremy Brown / The Bulletin
June 1, 2008

WASHINGTON —

I have been doing the unthinkable, and the word is out. I am an emergency physician in Washington, D.C., and I’ve started talking to my patients about their weight.

It has taken me a while to pluck up the courage to speak frankly with obese patients about this....

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