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How would you feel if your GP kept sending you messages encouraging you to eat less and lose weight?

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Willow500 Sun 07-Oct-18 05:57:06

I don't think my GP even knows who I am!! Come to think of it I don't actually know who my GP is either grin

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absent Sun 07-Oct-18 04:40:48

I don't have a mobile phone. He can send as many text messages about weight loss, eating fruit and vegetables, not smoking, not drinking alcohol, taking exercise, breathing on alternate days of the week or whatever. In fact, my GP is a delightful man who does not bully about healthy lifestyles, although he may make gentle suggestions when I go to see him. Mind you, I haven't seen him for at least three years, maybe longer.

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Alexa Sun 07-Oct-18 00:38:27

I'd be delighted to get so much close attention from the doctor!

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Moocow Sat 06-Oct-18 23:18:32

I would send me in a downward spiral. Telling me, suggesting to me etc would just make me feel even worse than I already do.

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Revolucion Sat 06-Oct-18 20:40:47

People need coaching to help them change their habits not irritating text messages reminding them of what they already know which is that they should exercise more drink less lose weight and give up smoking.

Suppprt groups and/or CBT would be a whole lot more effective.

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M0nica Sat 06-Oct-18 20:32:41

..... encouraging you to stop drinking or smoking or take exercise.

This is a suggestion from some public health quango. Doctors are to target overweight people, or drinkers, or the inactive with regular emails encouraging them to do the right thing.

Am I alone in saying that almost anybody I know, who received regular nagging messages from their GP, far from taking the advice proffered would be just become more determined not to change their habits.

We have already had discussions on GN about persuading DHs to change their behaviour or get someone with diabetes or who drinks too much to change their ways and the advice we always give is to stand back, say nothing as nothing makes people more intransigence and determined not to change their habits than constantly being told what they ought to do.

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