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Why obese doctors should still give weight-loss advice

By Deborah Kotz

 |  Globe Staff  

  February 06, 2012

Would you take nutrition advice from an overweight registered dietitian? How about hiring a fitness trainer who’s 200 pounds of pure fat? Many of us would say no, and that’s why we shouldn’t be too surprised by a new Johns Hopkins School of Public Health survey of 500 primary care physicians, which found that those who were overweight were less likely to make a diagnosis of obesity or engage their patients in weight discussions than their counterparts who were at a normal weight.

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