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OMG! This is gold! : I add something like “Provider recommended intentional weight loss but was unable to meet request for evidence of long-term efficacy/safety. As the intervention suggested doesn’t meet the requirements for ethical, evidence-based medicine, I requested an evidence-based treatment path and the provider was not able to offer one.”

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Thank you for sharing this and all of the references!

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Healthcare should just stop using the term "Compliance." Period. It's almost always used to Trojan Horse the provider's biases and lack of curiosity about their patients. It also encourages a paternalistic power dynamic between patients and providers.

Providers urgently need to examine weight bias in pre-op evaluation and planning, and I really appreciate you taking this subject on.

Thank you for the article, it's so valuable and helpful!

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