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<p>Maybe. There is an epidemic here of doctors ordering tests out of hand, or prescriptions, simply because its easier to keep the rotating door of the local bulk-billed medical centre turning.</p>
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<p>Generally speaking there is a slowdown in core medical practice when a new pill or machine-that-goes-PING is available. Why should GPs have to research or treat when there is money to be made?</p>
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<p>I'd say country doctors are a bit less likely to reach for this when they don't have to. Partly because they know their patients better, and partly because they don't have access to as many facilities as their city colleagues.</p>
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<p>Our medical insurance system is nowhere near as prevalent as yours. Medical in Oz is a total scam, one of my cousins is a specialist there and he does procedures in public hospital and said hospital pays him his private rates (which are much much higher than standard private rates).</p> -
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Doctors don't get paid well for prescribing exercise. But if they sell more meds... well...<br><br>
The tragic part is when their parents are gigantic fucking porkers and put it down to genetics.<br><br>
Yeah, genetically predisposed to KFC.</p></blockquote>
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As the others have pointed outthe system here is a bit different . I went to a doctor a while back for a suspected hernia and asked how long id be on the waiting list for if I needed an op and the doctor told me he had a bit of discretion and since I wasn't overweight he could get me sorted sooner. He and the nurse had a pretty eye opening chat with me about how the health system is clogged up with fat people and smokers . The fat people routinely lie about how much they eat even when they are told to make a diary of their weekly intake and the docs and nurses find it pretty soul destroying dealing with them . <br>
To be honest I felt for them , trying to treat people like that must take its toll and the idiot I linked to is a classic example of the sort of stupidity they must see on a daily basis . -
Turns out Cat Pause is s fat activist who make her living studying far issues and discrimination against the obese <br><br>
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<p>I've got a really big person in my team. Awesome human being and excellent at their job. But it's tough to see them eating chips and coke for breakfast, or referring to the 'big but fit' school of thought. Plus the job (office work) is a more sedentary than their previous occupation - which isn't great, actually kind of scary when I think about it.</p>
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<p>Jegga, I think your point about lying about food intake is a huge (ahem) factor. If you aren't being honest with yourself about what you are eating, how can anyone else help you? In many cases I'm sure there are some significant drivers in terms of life experiences and/or mental health.</p>
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<p>In any case it's not an easy thing to broach with someone as a concerned friend/colleague, let alone how/if that should ever come up in an employment situation. </p> -
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<p>In any case it's not an easy thing to broach with someone as a concerned friend/colleague, let alone how/if that should ever come up in an employment situation. </p>
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<p>I had a mate (now passed too young) who was plus size, and even general discussions about fitness and nutrition had no effect. Unfortunately unless the person is wanting help and asks for it themselves it is likely to fall on deaf ears</p> -
<p>unfortunatley many seem to think it is just the lack of exercise that is the cause of thier issues, and then when they start, dont lose weight and the added pressure on htier muscles and joints while still eating the same, they get disheartened pretty quickly. </p>
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I had a mate (now passed too young) who was plus size, and even general discussions about fitness and nutrition had no effect. Unfortunately unless the person is wanting help and asks for it themselves it is likely to fall on deaf ears</p></blockquote>
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A guy I know has crones disease and had to lose a heap of weight for some surgery he needed, he lost the weight which was a huge achievement in his part but he was back to the same size as before within three months of the surgery . I can't understand how you'd let all that hard work go to waste and it can be good for his health issues . -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Paekakboyz" data-cid="566011" data-time="1458434179"><p>I've got a really big person in my team. Awesome human being and excellent at their job. But it's tough to see them eating chips and coke for breakfast, or referring to the 'big but fit' school of thought. Plus the job (office work) is a more sedentary than their previous occupation - which isn't great, actually kind of scary when I think about it.<br><br>
Jegga, I think your point about lying about food intake is a huge (ahem) factor. If you aren't being honest with yourself about what you are eating, how can anyone else help you? In many cases I'm sure there are some significant drivers in terms of life experiences and/or mental health.<br><br>
In any case it's not an easy thing to broach with someone as a concerned friend/colleague, let alone how/if that should ever come up in an employment situation.</p></blockquote>
Yeah there's a woman in my team that's the same, awesome at her job but always drinking energy drinks and has a big jar of lollies on her desk. Her health is terrible, she if off work "sick" every other week. Given you only get 10 days a year I'm not sure how our manager deals with the sick leave and what conversations she would be having with her in terms of life style choices... -
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<p>Yeah there's a woman in my team that's the same, awesome at her job but always drinking energy drinks and has a big jar of lollies on her desk. Her health is terrible, she if off work "sick" every other week. Given you only get 10 days a year I'm not sure how our manager deals with the sick leave and what conversations she would be having with her in terms of life style choices...</p>
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<p>that is not a fun situation, I have had to have 'that' conversation with 2 of my team in the past with excessive sick leave (although TBF, they never went over thier 10 days) neither were overweight, but pointing/finding out what the issues were (which for one I knew it was thier partner) is still no less easy! </p> -
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I had a mate (now passed too young) who was plus size, and even general discussions about fitness and nutrition had no effect. Unfortunately unless the person is wanting help and asks for it themselves it is likely to fall on deaf ears</p></blockquote>
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Exactly my personal experience. Lost 25kg over two years. Could only do it with massive change of mindset and desire. <br><br>
It isn't always easy. I've put 10 back on after a couple of shit family things, and losing that 10 had proven beyond my reach. -
<p>Do overweight people actually detract from your day to day living?</p>
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<p>Do they actually negatively impact the life you guys can lead?</p>
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<p>I'm not being a shit stirrer here but one of the things I've learned in Asia is their, not so much tolerance, but just general pragmatic "so what" to people's appearance and even behaviour.</p>
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<p>For sure, affect their families or livlihood and they'll arc up, but the prevailing attitude is live and let live and "up to them" with a shrug</p>
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<p>That might be because life is more of a struggle in these densely populated places (no social security etc), but it's quite refreshing.</p>
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<p>I find the people in the west more outwardly judgemental and just wonder why that is. You've got to have your opinions and for sure go for it, I just wonder if we're not getting sucked in to wasting braincells on the utterly trivial </p>
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<p>Don't pull the drain on taxpayers card either, that's not a realistic argument. Governments would tax watching rugby if they could get away with it and then we'd be in the same boat as smokers and the obese, as it were.</p>
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<p>Exactly my personal experience. Lost 25kg over two years. Could only do it with massive change of mindset and desire.<br><br>
It isn't always easy. I've put 10 back on after a couple of shit family things, and losing that 10 had proven beyond my reach.</p>
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<p>It's bloody hard staying on the straight and narrow. I had to alter my eating habits after getting the hard work from the GP about my cholesterol. I made the changes so I wasn't forced to deny myself treats altogether and I managed to get it down. But I have my lapses, it's a constant battle which I imagine only gets harder with age</p> -
Why shouldn't we use the drain on the taxpayers argument? If you live an unhealthy lifestyle snd your health suffers we have to pick up the tab . That stinks .<br>
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<p>unfortunatley many seem to think it is just the lack of exercise that is the cause of thier issues, and then when they start, dont lose weight and the added pressure on htier muscles and joints while still eating the same, they get disheartened pretty quickly. </p>
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<p>The other thing is that they go hard out at the start and get crocked as a result. A lady that used to work with me did this and had problem after problem coz she farked her ankles running when walking was more advisable</p> -
<p>I say that Jegg, because (to my knowledge) we have no way of quantifying what tax get paid and where. Also what is the guarantee that tax saved on people not being obese gets spent on things we want and need.</p>
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<p>For example smoking is as clever as building cots out of the harmful asbestos and it's obvious it should be totally banned. It creates nothing beneficial and causes all it's own problems. BUT no government ever bans it and actually raises more revenue on it every year. Despite telling us the Ministry of Health is worried for our health, but not worried enough to go without that massive revenue stream</p>
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<p>ergo</p>
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<p>I have no trust of tax collectors motives or apportioning or even what and how much they spend on us so I'm not prepared to admit we'd be better off if the fat got skinny, because for sure we'd not be better (available public tax money) if all smokers stopped smoking</p> -
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Why shouldn't we use the drain on the taxpayers argument? If you live an unhealthy lifestyle snd your health suffers we have to pick up the tab . That stinks .<br>
As I said s doctor and s nurse both told me the health system is clogged up with obese people and smokers .</p></blockquote>Yeah it's a completly unnecassary drain on the public health system which is already stretched that is the main concern of most people.<br><br>
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The other thing is that they go hard out at the start and get crocked as a result. A lady that used to work with me did this and had problem after problem coz she farked her ankles running when walking was more advisable</p></blockquote>
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I say that Jegg, because (to my knowledge) we have no way of quantifying what tax get paid and where. Also what is the guarantee that tax saved on people not being obese gets spent on things we want and need.<br><br>
For example smoking is as clever as building cots out of the harmful asbestos and it's obvious it should be totally banned. It creates nothing beneficial and causes all it's own problems. BUT no government ever bans it and actually raises more revenue on it every year. Despite telling us the Ministry of Health is worried for our health, but not worried enough to go without that massive revenue stream<br><br>
ergo<br><br>
I have no trust of tax collectors motives or apportioning or even what and how much they spend on us so I'm not prepared to admit we'd be better off if the fat got skinny, because for sure we'd not be better (available public tax money) if all smokers stopped smoking</p></blockquote>
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We do know that the govt sets aside X amount of money for their health budget every year , heart disease, diabetes etc through poor lifestyle must soak up a fair bit of X and it's all preventable .<br><br>
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<p>Western Obesity is a huge issue, so if it is a huge issue then it is a huge impact on the health service, and where is the health service funded?</p>
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<p>Back to the point of the thread...</p>
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<p>more interesting than awesome</p>
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