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Doctors Should Send Obese Patients To Diet Counseling, Panel Says. But Many Don't

If patients are obese, their physicians should refer them to behavior-based weight loss programs or offer their own, a national panel of experts says. Yet many doctors aren't having the necessary conversations with their patients. (Tetra Images/Getty Images)
If patients are obese, their physicians should refer them to behavior-based weight loss programs or offer their own, a national panel of experts says. Yet many doctors aren't having the necessary conversations with their patients. (Tetra Images/Getty Images)

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