Weight is Taboo

Pediatricians fail to bring up weight issues with parents

Research published last year (Dec 5, 2011) in the journal Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, shows that from 1999 through 2008, only 22% of parents of children with BMIs in the 85th percentile or higher reported that a doctor or health professional ever mentioned that their child was overweight. Oddly, the same research shows that doctors were [...]

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Is weight in America a taboo discussion topic or just politically incorrect?

I often talk about how weight in this country is a “taboo” topic. But, I’m exaggerating a bit when I say “taboo.” Technically a taboo is a norm that’s so deeply ingrained in society that to break such a norm would be considered 100% unacceptable by the rest of society. For example, not to get [...]

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Should discussions about childhood obesity be off-limits?

Recent data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and other research shows that doctors are ignoring childhood weight issues. Parents and kids hate talking about weight too. Many of us avoid weight conversations at all costs. It’s too bad really, because like it or not, childhood obesity rates are at an all-time high. [...]

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