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study recently presented at the European Congress on Obesity in Glasgow claimed two-thirds of obese patients wanted to discuss their weight with their doctor, but would, on average, wait six years to do so. It further concluded about 70 per cent of healthcare professionals didn’t initiate a weight loss conversation with their patient, as they thought the patient was not interested, but in reality, only 7 per cent of them weren’t. Another reason professionals didn’t discuss it was for fear of embarrassing or upsetting the patient. And 81 per cent of patients didn’t raise it themselves as they felt weight loss was their own responsibility. If you