RE: Quick/Cheap Office Fitness Testing --> RE: Fit vs Fat --> RE: Doctor, Heal Thyself an adversial opinion

[Guest guest]

I meant to say -- if I have a 100 fat and 100 thin -- will more of the fat

patients be unfit?

How well does weight correlate in general with fitness?

Fit vs Fat --> RE: Doctor, Heal Thyself an

adversial opinion

Of course, there has been some discussion that it's not just being fat that

is the issue -- although fatness can be a marker for non-fitness.

But it's probalby more important to get our patients fit -- regardless of

them losing weight.

The ideal is fit and not fat.

But being fat and fit possibly doesn't carry much more mortality than fit

and normal weight.

And possibly is better to be fit/fat than unfit/lean.

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Just a thought to throw in the mix...we may be arguing over a vital signs

marker (fatness) that is less important than the patient's fitness level.

I'm sure there is more to the story that others can offer, but fatness isn't

the only marker to consider.

And possibly, if a patient is fit/fat, they may be better off than their

normal weight out of shape doctor.

:-)

Locke, MD

[Guest guest]

I knew that was what you meant thanks

i will be thinking about this

but just from intuition my fat patients are not fit i am sure

It ma ybe that focussing on fit vs focussing on wt loss will be more useful

to them as certainly obesity is a frsutration to the patients and the the

providers .

iwill be thinking more about this. I may or may not run a 50 yd dash and see

what happens to me..

I did just shovel the roof. does that count?

Fit vs Fat --> RE: Doctor, Heal Thyself

an

adversial opinion

Of course, there has been some discussion that it's not just being fat

that

is the issue -- although fatness can be a marker for non-fitness.

But it's probalby more important to get our patients fit -- regardless

of

them losing weight.

The ideal is fit and not fat.

But being fat and fit possibly doesn't carry much more mortality than

fit

and normal weight.

And possibly is better to be fit/fat than unfit/lean.

http://www.consumer

<http://www.consumerfreedom.com/news_detail.cfm/headline/2632>

freedom.com/news_detail.cfm/headline/2632

http://student.

<http://student.biology.arizona.edu/honors2006/group13/Fit%20vs%20Fat.ht

m> biology.arizona.edu/honors2006/group13/Fit%20vs%20Fat.htm

Just a thought to throw in the mix...we may be arguing over a vital

signs

marker (fatness) that is less important than the patient's fitness

level.

I'm sure there is more to the story that others can offer, but fatness

isn't

the only marker to consider.

And possibly, if a patient is fit/fat, they may be better off than their

normal weight out of shape doctor.

:-)

Locke, MD