What physicians get wrong about the risks of being overweight
What physicians get wrong about the risks of being overweight
Stanford medicine statistician Maya Mathur found that doctors have misconceptions about being overweight shortening lifespans.
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So the research into this is hilariously terrible. The podcast maintenance phase has a pretty good couple of episodes on just how fucking garbage the data on what being fat actually does to your health is. e.g. this one https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5idXp6c3Byb3V0LmNvbS8xNDExMTI2LnJzcw/episode/QnV6enNwcm91dC05NTUxNTU1
Outside of extremes by far the overwhelming factor in health outcomes is exercise
Yet when you go to the doctor how much time do they spend talking about your cardio routine vs popping you on the scales or talking about weight? Doctors also generally provide much worse care to fat people, and frequently blame unrelated medical conditions on weight. Further we have very little idea how to help people moderate their rate. It's not like tendon damage or whatever where we can prescribe a specific activity with good patient compliance and outcomes, mostly people just vaguely gesture at calorie restriction which almost nobody can sustain indefinitely.
So we really need better research and education here, and if you're worries about your health I'd say stop pinching your tummy in the mirror and start something like the couch to 5k program.
Also P.S. before you poke somebody over their weight or sneer or judge consider how you would feel if someone judged you as morally inferior because your resting heart rate is over 65 you sloven. What's that? you have reasons? whatever you say it's simple, just workout more.
Not a nice or useful interaction is it? we're all trying our best and generally don't appreciate unsolicited advice that comes with judgement.
Yet when you go to the doctor how much time do they spend talking about your cardio routine vs popping you on the scales or talking about weight?
Well, last doctors I 've seen actually got angry when I mentioned that I 'll get back on my bike. They said 2 weeks after the surgery to insert plate and screws after my crash were not enough. They didn't bother to ask my weight at any instance. Orthopedic surgeons.. XD
Seriously though, effects of exercise on human health are not exactly lacking in research. Its pretty old, but I found it really very interesting.
surgeons just hate everyone less compliant than a corpse :p
2020 seems fairly recent to me. I was expecting 1987 or something.
True, for some reason I was under the impression it was a little older. No, not that old though. I won't edit the comment, my sense of time is pretty bad anyways..
I love Maintenance Phase, such a good podcast.
Michael Hobbs is my spirit animal
YES. Me too. If Books Could Kill is also excellent, if you haven't yet heard it. (I'm guessing you have, though!)