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'Don't Weigh Me' Cards Aim to Reduce Stress at the Doctor's Office
CNN ^ | Wed December 22, 2021 | Allegra Goodwin

Posted on 12/22/2021 2:45:56 PM PST by nickcarraway

A body positivity website has created free "Don't Weigh Me" cards for patients who find stepping on the scale at the doctor's office stressful.

The cards, created by California-based More-Love.org, are available for free to individuals, excluding the cost of postage. There is also the option for businesses to purchase the cards, at $35 per 100 cards.

The cards read: "Please don't weigh me unless it's (really) medically necessary," adding "If you really need my weight, please tell me why so that I can give you my informed consent," as shown in photographs on More-Love.org:

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: health; obesity; weight
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To: nickcarraway

Put down the cheeseburger Moosetilda.


21 posted on 12/22/2021 3:04:06 PM PST by toddausauras (How far will the left go in terms of destroying our personal freedoms?)
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To: nickcarraway
Weight is a huge issue in medicine.Skilled,competent physicians and surgeons always consider a patient's weight when caring for them. Any physician who has a patient who refuses to be weighed *must* try to estimate their weight and employ that estimate into consideration when drawing up a treatment plan for him/her.
22 posted on 12/22/2021 3:04:09 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Balloting)
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To: Drew68

Ok, no prob, I’ll annoint the chart with the proper abbreviated. SAFSGDE. still a fat slob gonna die early


23 posted on 12/22/2021 3:05:15 PM PST by Ikeon (Let's do things the stupid way, because its easier for you. )
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To: nickcarraway

The cards read: “Please don’t weigh me unless it’s (really) medically necessary,” adding “If you really need my weight, please tell me why so that I can give you my informed consent,” as shown in photographs on More-Love.org:

Stupid to the nth squared. Weight measurement with any visit to the doctor is a good and simple metric to check for changes. A rapid weight loss could be due to diet changes, or it might signal an underlying condition.


24 posted on 12/22/2021 3:05:30 PM PST by Flick Lives
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To: nickcarraway

“Get your weight guessed right here”.

25 posted on 12/22/2021 3:05:50 PM PST by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: Drew68

“Please tell me I’m too skinny and need to gain more weight.”


26 posted on 12/22/2021 3:07:28 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

A huge opportunity was missed with Covid to help folks understand how obesity can kill them…

..but like transgenderism, helping people deal with health issues is forbidden and racist…

…and white supremacist…

…or something.


27 posted on 12/22/2021 3:09:30 PM PST by Magnatron
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To: nickcarraway

Does Stacey Abrams get the 1000 card discount ?


28 posted on 12/22/2021 3:09:44 PM PST by A strike (Public Health 21st century murder by government. DoktorFauxiMengeleGates to a TerreHaute gurney now)
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To: nickcarraway
Considering medications are administered by how many milligrams or milliliters per pound of said individual, it might be a tad stupid to not have them weigh you?

Good luck with that surgery where you aren't sedated enough to say so.......because you lied about your weight.

Yes, some meds are that critical.

29 posted on 12/22/2021 3:13:07 PM PST by blackdog (Jab Dodger. )
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To: nickcarraway

Are these cards for people so huge they can’t speak?


30 posted on 12/22/2021 3:13:29 PM PST by Chewbarkah
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To: nickcarraway

Enserio? These heifers also avoid mirrors at any cost, too? Okay-so if they obviously are overweight, they get sent to a nutritionist, no matter if they get on the scale or not-do they want to have a card for that, too?


31 posted on 12/22/2021 3:16:09 PM PST by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: Seruzawa

Yup. I want a “dont vaxx me dude” card..


32 posted on 12/22/2021 3:17:26 PM PST by max americana (FIRED LEFTARD employees at our office every election since 2008 and enjoyed seeing them cry.)
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To: nickcarraway

I could see where it would hurt your feelings if you stepped on the scale and it said, “ONE AT A TIME PLEASE.”


33 posted on 12/22/2021 3:18:29 PM PST by Repeat Offender (While the wicked stand confounded, call me with Thy saints surrounded.)
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To: nickcarraway

Doing a total assessment involves getting the patient’s full
status and history.

Weight plays a big part of a patient’s health.

It contributes to a variety of problems.

This Karen movement is not healthy for the patients. It’s just
another effort to take full responsibility off people who make
poor choices, and have no self-control.

None of us likes revealing how heavy we are. In the interest
of getting better, just answer the damned questions.

I’m overweight right now, so this goes for me as well.

As for those who have a medical condition they can’t control
that impacts their weight, it’s still important to let the
person trying to help you do their job, fully informed.


34 posted on 12/22/2021 3:31:35 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Democrats, fixing things that haven't been broken, so they don't work, for over 197 years.)
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To: nickcarraway

How do they expect to got proper dosages of meds?


35 posted on 12/22/2021 3:36:15 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (I'm in the control group. I identify as "vaccinated".🤡)
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To: DoughtyOne
I don't think that'd what a Karen is. The definition has morphed so much.

A Karen is a woman who tries to over enforce rules and regulations.

36 posted on 12/22/2021 3:44:54 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
DOCTOR: Don’t eat anything fatty

ME: What!? No pizza? No burgers?

DOCTOR: No fatty, just don’t eat.

37 posted on 12/22/2021 3:45:52 PM PST by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia! )
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To: nickcarraway

Scales in every Dr’s office support this.


38 posted on 12/22/2021 3:51:43 PM PST by Autonomous User (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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To: ptsal

You are suppose to take blood pressure with the arm raised. no one does it. changes my blood pressure by at least 10 points on the top number

right before I surgery I asked for it to be taken with my arm raised. the guy asked why. I couldnt believe it. when i told him why he didnt believe me. he said..okay..we will test your theory

and Voila...sure enough...


39 posted on 12/22/2021 3:53:20 PM PST by RummyChick
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To: nickcarraway
"Don't Weigh Me" cards

For the "Don't Quantify My Obesity (and Gravity is Racist BTW)" crowd, apparently.

40 posted on 12/22/2021 3:54:17 PM PST by Ahithophel (Communication is an art form susceptible to sudden technical failure)
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