Heavy Patients Trust Diet Advice From Overweight Docs Most: Study

Overweight and obese patients prefer getting advice on weight loss from doctors who are also overweight or obese, a new study shows. "In general, heavier patients trust their doctors, but they more strongly trust dietary advice from overweight doctors," said study leader Sara Bleich, an associate professor of health policy and management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, in Baltimore. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_137623.html