The Weight of Stigma: Heavier Patients Confront the Burden of Bias
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- čas přidán 2. 08. 2024
- Melissa Krechmer, a social worker in Philadelphia, grew tired of hearing the same refrain from each of her doctors. “I’d go to my allergist, and they would [say], ‘You need to take your Zyrtec, but you also need to lose weight,’” Krechmer says. “It’d be every time, no matter what type of visit.” This went on for years, even as her repeated attempts to lose weight only led her to disordered eating. It made Krechmer stop seeking care altogether.
Krechmer’s story is not uncommon. Here's why. - Věda a technologie
There's no shame in being overweight, but there are medical consequences to it that are undeniable.
Shame would be good. There is no shame in anything these days. I want to bring back the "stocks" and public shaming.
@@rleslie66 Shaming people for something that isn't their fault and refusing them medical care kills them--or maybe you just want fat people dead. When someone already exercises more and eats better than most thin people, what else can they do?
How many of the "medical consequences" are because fat people don't get decent medical care? In societies where fat people are appreciated, they actually live LONGER than thin people.
I wish I had doctors like these! I just had such a soul crushing experience at Kaiser, I feel like going there is pointless.
Eat healthy and lift well and your body will show it. Your body will have an influence on your mind.
No. It won't. Maybe you should listen to the experts instead of your own backwards opinion.
@@nBasedAce I can't tell if this is a joke or your serious.🤔 either way it's hilarious 😂😂
The obese people that I've known over the years (over 30+ years in some cases) eat very healthy and very little (much less than me) and exercise.
The thin people I know don't exercise and live on pasta and pizza..
This is only anecdotal, but sheesh, something clearly is not as clear-cut as one would think. 🙄
@@colbykinney5633 Podcast called You're Wrong About has an episode on obesity. Listen to it. Educate yourself on how you're wrong.
@@Mckeycee You are not a biologist and don't know the intricacies of the subject. I am just telling you that obesity is not as simple as eating too much and not exercising no matter how much you think that it is. You, along with most doctors still think of obesity in the scientific views of the 1950's. There is new scientific research that proves all that shit wrong. There is no scientific research that proves your ridiculously simplistic view right.
Love it!! Too bad so many people weren't listening. Lot's of comments below that reflect old ways of thinking so assuredly, peremptorily. Thank you SA for taking the risk. I've studied weight science for the past 15 years. This video is right on!
i have many chronic health issues going back to infancy. doctors have said to my face when i was smaller "let's put it in the too hard basket" now there's a sense they want to blame everything on my weight despite it being a problem before i got to this size
i've been both thin and fat, doctors can be really callous to people with ongoing health troubles if you also happen to be fat because of them. in high school i was in agony but having to use the stairs anyway and drag myself between classes or to the bathroom or to the locker. i wanted to die because the pain was so bad! somehow my weight crept up despite getting in my 10,000 steps and not eating enough (i would skip breakfast trying to avoid a bellyache on the way to school and would eat about 3/4 of a blueberry muffin for recess then feel sick or have a sandwich and apple juice, couldn't eat it all).
I was morebidly obese for years. But then I made some serious steps last year and now I shrunk down past obesity. And if I keep it up, within a few months I won't even be overweight either. I'll hit ideal body weight. It just takes physical effort and a willingness to do the homework and research how to achieve this.
Wait to brag until you maintain the weight loss five years. You still have a 95%+ chance to gain it back, and then you will be talking out of the other side of your mouth.
Keep it up and i wish you the best in life ahead. Your journey has been hard and amazing, hope will always remind you of what you are capable of. No one can take that from you. Lots love.
I really don't think weight loss was the point of this video. Why come here just to talk about how you lost weight?
@@oliviaeberhart24 I mean the topic is on weight loss. Perhaps this might encourage someone who is thinking about losing weight.
I have an undiagnosed fatal condition... I am not a hypochondriac... Nor am I a Google "Doctor"... I have a background in biochemistry and statistics... And I also set up the scenario of not telling any of my friends what the condition was nor any of the symptoms... To combat my own conformation bias... And several have on their own pointed out concern about symptoms they've seen... Each person has brought up a different issue as my condition continues to deteriorate... Without any mention from me... Except them watching me continue to get worse and suffer and struggle more as time goes on... The condition can be fatal within less than year if not caught and treated rather early on... it typically has a life expectancy of around 7 years and my first symptoms started really started affecting my day to day about 6 years ago... So I'm not very happy about the circumstances but I'm dealing with it the best I can... So yes my weight will cost me my life... But not because of the extra weight... But the indifference of society and the bias that runs rampant within the medical community that couldn’t see past my Size and see me the same as any other patient as someone afraid and suffering and seeking not only relief... But at least maybe an answer or a cause... O and btw the conditions are completely unrelated to my weight...
I want my 100 lbs back...
And my future...
But I'm never going to get them back...
I never stood a chance because I never had a choice...
I'm going to die...
Just because I have always dared to unapologetically take up too much space...
And now it's too late...
Medical fat-phobia is deadly...
It's literally killing me...
But at least I'll leave a beautiful corpse...
Wow you have lost all my trust. Unfollowed.
I’m a subscriber of SciAm but am considering canceling my subscription after watching this. This piece is utter nonsense and completely unscientific. Not good…
@3:20 If I was a doctor and a person came into my office a 300 pounds, of course I would say he needs to lose weight because he clearly got to that state by not being healthy. Being "active" or exercising will not reduce your weight if you're eating a surplus amount of calories every day. It doesn't matter if you eat a salad every once in a while, if you're going over the daily recommended calories you will gain weight. The "obesity specialist" is being intentionally deceptive and dishonest about plain truths
Despite the fact that man specified already lost 250 pounds?! How vicious physicians are. The best thing a fat person can do is stay away from you scum before you kill them with your "concern".
You need to find out more a ut this subject before passing judgement. I wasn’t overweight in my life- weighed just over 100 lbs but always watched every single calorie that went in my mouth. I was a size 8. I played racquetball & walked 2 miles every day, went to aerobics 2x a week.
I had bought new clothes for a new job. 3 weeks later I could button the skirt! I had gained 15 lbs in 3 weeks despite not changing my eating or exercise habits. I tried so hard to lose it.
This went on for 10 years until I weighted 196. Finally I saw an endocrinologist who discovered I had low thyroid levels and he dx’d me w/severe metabolic disorder, he said it was rare, but IDK. When I began taking that med weight fell off like magic! I was too my goal weight within a year or less.
After the obesity-driver list scrolled, a deeper dive into genetics was expected for the remainder of the story.
I clearly remember when I was in undergrad, the scientific consensus is that the main cause of obesity is not genetic but diet
Government get out of my health! Government be gone!
Peddling garbage now? Damn SA, i've lost a lot of respect for you.
Same!
We need to biased against obesity.
it's gross
OK you're beautiful. Now just lose some weight and quit playing the victim because it's easier than exercising.
there was never an overweight person seen in concentration camps or gulags...
Because they were dying of starvation. Is that your solution, death camps for fat people?
Intermittent Fasting.
Yeah I just spent 12 hours in emergency for extreme Gerd related issues not in my heart but they kept on going above my heart because I had a heart attack in 2019 and I lost 10 pounds down to 154lbs, 5’3/4”, Chinese Canadian made in Canada. Yes I’m dead got me on Staten medication which is giving me acid reflux and then the PPI is it gonna be constipation does something good to know for this CZcams channel and folks watching this silly video about obesity not being a health issue or good to be fat or whatever it is… Just letting up the mood here that goes just getting silly.. It’s not a stigma it is what it is you’re fat you’re fat
"Burden of bias" surely Scientific American is not serious about that statement? I am incredulous.
The fat pride /body positive stupidity destroys.
Americans are dying, daily, prematurely, from obesity from their FOOD ADDICTION.
Period.
Unsubscribed.
Genetics is very unlikley the issue, stop blaming everything except your own choices. If there is only unhealthy garbage food to eat, then i often just put up with being hungry instead of eating till something better is currently available to get, its not hard to have self control like that, boo boo if you feel a little hungry, get over yourselves you weak people.
Couldn't agree more. GLUTTONY. But heaven forbid people take responsibility for their choices these days.
Blaming obesity on genetics/gut bacteria/etc is akin to what people used to say in the 80's about being fat: "it's not my fault, it's my glands".
@@pilarboutte392 bingo
There is nothing at work and weight gain or loss beside the fundamental principles of thermodynamics. If your caloric intake is greater than the amount of calories you burn you will gain weight if your caloric intake is less than the calories you burn you will lose weight. End of story.
It would be the end of the story, if it wasn't for the fact that you are wrong. For a start, I suggest reading up on lipedema. What is known about the human body is ever evolving. Try to keep up!
@@jamesjuhlin6886 Dear Mr. Juhlin (if that's your pronoun - you know science is evolving lol), if your caloric intake is less than the calories you burn you will lose weight, and if you continue to gain weight, in any form other than fluids, then you have a perpetual motion machine.
@@rleslie66 Again, I suggest you read about lipedema and you will realize you are wrong (unless you don't believe in medical science). You will find that not only can you not starve or exercise away lipedema weight, but apart from being an illness, it doesn't have the same negative effects on health as normal fat. You don't seem like a stupid person, but no one is ever too old to learn something new. The more you know, the better you can help the people you care about. I wouldn't be surprised if there are women in your life who suffer from this, and they might not even know it. Today is a perfect day for new knowledge!