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LETTERS: Renuka Visvanathan and Ian Chapman Prognosis in obesity: Older people should not be misinformed about being overweight BMJ 2005; 331: 452 [Full text]

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Be realistic

Graeme M Mackenzie   (1 September 2005)

Be realistic 1 September 2005
Graeme M Mackenzie, gp Whitehaven CA28 7RG Send response to journal: Re: Be realistic	Forget the debate. Middle aged and older people rarely lose weight anyway even if highly motivated. Sternly advising them just makes them feel failures and they enjoy life less. Competing interests: None declared