Are you obese? Might depend on whether your doctor is, too – latimes.com

Turns out obesity is in the eye of the beholder. Whether you’re diagnosed as obese is supposed to depend on your own body-mass index — but a new study shows that it can also depend on your doctor’s.

Physicians who were overweight or obese were far less likely to diagnose obese patients than physicians at a more normal weight, according to research published this month in the journal Obesity.

Are you obese? Might depend on whether your doctor is, too – latimes.com

Are you obese? Might depend on whether your doctor is, too - latimes.com