Why do doctors ask patients about their weight? Why are overweight people the first choice to lose weight? Is actually getting rid of unnecessary kilograms a key issue in all ailments? – From a medical point of view, our body is not prepared to be overweight – says the drug in an interview with Medonet. Jacek Gleba, family doctor, pediatrician, internist.
- Doctors always think weight is the problem. I have already heard everything: that I have sinusitis due to overweight, otitis, a visual impairment – says the heroine of the text «Schudnij albo gin«
- Is it really so? Is shedding extra pounds the key to success in any disease?
- Kilograms do not go unpunished. We are constructed biochemically, thermodynamically and mechanically to live with an adequate body weight – says family doctor Jacek Gleba
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Adrian Dąbek, MedTvoiLokony: Is getting rid of excess weight an introduction to the treatment of every ailment?
Bow. Jacek Gleb: Not all of them, but with many of them – yes. Many diseases, especially in adulthood and later, are a consequence of lifestyle, a consequence of body weight. Kilograms do not go unpunished. Doctors may be too insistent on recalling this fact, but I think those who are overweight are often persistent in forgetting this fact. Hence the conflict.
All diabetic and metabolic ailments related to hypertension, cholesterol, cardiovascular diseases and heart diseases are clearly related to being overweight. There are also orthopedic diseases. When we carry 20 kg more all the time, our joints and spine feel it. We are not prepared to be overweight. We are biochemically, thermodynamically and mechanically constructed to live with an adequate body weight.
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In extreme cases, there is a situation where – as thin people are prescribed a drug – overweight people, before the doctor prescribes this drug, first tells them to lose weight.
This is definitely an exaggeration and a rather incidental case. Because it really looks different. Obese people are statistically prescribed more medication than lean people. For example, with high blood pressure, an obese person will need more drugs or a higher dose. The same is true for diabetes.
Perhaps such phenomena are taking place somewhere, but this is a very inadequate mechanism of motivating the patient to lose weight. Overweight or obese people also need treatment and in most cases they need more medications.
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And how is it with our weight? Your experience shows that there are more and more overweight people in the offices?
I would rather not confirm it. On the contrary, society’s awareness of maintaining a good body condition or adequate body weight is growing. This is my subjective assessment, not supported by any broader research.
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Maybe there are some analyzes that say that we weigh more and more, but in my opinion the awareness of the importance of this problem is growing. The same is true of the quality of nutrition.
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