Doctors [in the U.K.] told to report patients who put on weight

The Telegraph [UK] ^ | 25 Dec 2014 | Laura Donnelly

[Slings and Arrows]

GPs will be asked to identify patients who are putting on weight under a new national programme to help fight obesity.

Simon Stevens, the head of the NHS, said it was time for Britain to "get back in shape" in order to protect millions of people from a host of obesity-related diseases.

Under the scheme, family doctors will be asked to identify anyone who has gained weight and is at risk of diabetes – particularly those aged below 40.

They will then be offered tests for pre-diabetes, followed by healthy lifestyle advice and close monitoring to ensure they are eating better and exercising more.

[Rides_A_Red_Horse]

When Orwell wrote 1984 he was off by about 30 years.

[Slings and Arrows]

Pretty close, all things considered.

[bert]

I concluded some time ago just what you advocate.

I paddle my kayak at least a mile twice a week from April to October and swim 300 meters twice a week from October to April.

I would guess that many many my age find it easier to ignore many things that would improve their health and perhaps make themselves feel better.

The proactive wellness programs attempt to reduce costs by improving overall health. Many here are critical because it seems big brotherish and perhaps it is, but it might just work.

[bert]

now that is worth my FR subscription payment

thanks

[Rides_A_Red_Horse]

Wise people choose to live healthy.

Slaves and cattle are directed, coerced and forced to live as someone else chooses.

It is not for the State to control our diet and medical treatments. If you believe otherwise you are welcome to move to a place ruled by a totalitarian regime.

[Blennos]

now that is worth my FR subscription payment thanks

You are most welcome. Best of luck in your quest for better health through a better diet.

[bert]

You have a very foolish attitude. Your live free bias narrows your field of view so much you cannot discern the government you hate can in fact be helpful. You can refuse if you chose...... your prerogative.

Your high and mighty sanctimonious blather is just that. Life under your rock is free but lonely

[Rides_A_Red_Horse]

Your live free bias narrows your field of view so much you cannot discern the government you hate can in fact be helpful.

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“If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”

— Samuel Adams

[bert]

that is a great quote by a great American but totally irrelevant to the current discussion

[Rides_A_Red_Horse]

The point is you welcome government intrusion far above and beyond what the founders would have tolerated.

What are your thoughts concerning “The Affordable Healthcare Act?”

[Rides_A_Red_Horse]

I see...

Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin used the term “polyezniy idiot,” or “useful idiot,” for those in the West who would allow collectivism and control by the benevolent State to creep into their lives.

I’ll stick to dangerous liberty. I can choose to eat healthy and exercise if that’s what I want. It’s better than letting government bureaucrats determine what my proper diet and exercise regime should be.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

. Many here are critical because it seems big brotherish and perhaps it is, but it might just work.

Doubtful.

Many are critical because it seems stupid. I am either going to take care of my health or I will not. Having my doc harp at me is only going to keep me from going to that doctor because being harped at is not one of my preferred pastimes.

Because my husband is a vet with a SRC the VA told him that he must have a VA PCP. This guy is a fanatic about cholesterol. Despite the fact that my husband has good numbers, lower then when he was on active service, the good doctor would spend 3 quarters of the visit haranguing about his numbers and how he just "had to get them down".

As we walk out the door we toss the "guidelines" in the trash.

Not going to follow advise that came close to crippling him once upon a time.