To expect fat nurses to have some insight?.

I feel really sad that my hard work for almost 30 years to help my patients would be deemed unworthy/unreliable/untrustworthy and considered a hypocrite/fat/lazy/stupid because of my weight which torments me enough every day.
How has society sunk so far.

I must admit, I do love that phrase! The thought of you calling your cat a fatty boom boom has really made me smile😆

A hypocrite?? Wow you're just a charmer. Maybe you should seek private healthcare where you can pick and choose your no doubt perfect in all ways HCP. Because the NHS is surely not for you.

Aww that’s lovely! I’m glad that my comment brought this memory to mind x

Comments like this just don't help.

Is that your own view or something you've made up for the sake of being contentious?

Being fat is unhealthy and it's time it was called out far more than it is. Doctors are told not to upset patients by drawing attention to their weight.
Right, just let them carry on until they turn up diabetic, with heart disease or worse.

All the comparisons to hairdressers, therapists, dentists, whatever, aren't relevant. These doctors and nurses aren't trying to sell you something. They aren't advertising something. They aren't trying to gain your custom. And they aren't telling you what to do. They are just giving you the information you need if you want good health. It is your choice whether you use that information or not. Just as it is theirs.

Ok so we need to add more to the list of things fat people can’t do

we can’t be confident
we can’t wear nice clothes
we can’t exercise
we can’t work in healthcare

Misses the point.

That is true.
But unlike being overweight, you could argue they are not likely to be doing it in front of you (and yes, okay you might smell the smoke.)

But if HCP had some self-awareness they might say 'Do as I say not as I do!' and at least acknowledge they're failing to practise what they preach.

It must be very hard to keep dishing out advice when you're clearly not taking it yourself.

God forbid nurses be human with their own struggles. You might need to sit down for this one, but some drink to excess and smoke, too.

If a doctor smokes, she is still giving you good advice if she advises you to quit.

A size 16? Hide immediately

In theory their weight should have nothing to do with you. But I do agree with you.

For what it’s worth an ex friend/acquaintance I know of is a practice nurse in a GP surgery. Its interesting as a complete turnaround from her other job as a hairdresser.

I never spoke to here about her nurse job but she’s at least a size 16 and it shocked me last time I saw her because I hadn’t realised she’d got so big.

Yes, and the best teacher I and my dc ever had were confirmed childless bachelors and spinsters.

Depends what subject they're teaching.
My midwifery tutor was the original spinster, a vicar's daughter. Attending antenatal classes (as a student learner) that she was taking was excruciating when she started trying to warn the men that sex would change and they had to take care of their partners and ermmm, try "other positions".
Didn't help that she blushed to the roots while doing it. I think everyone there ended up blushing!
😅😂

I mean, if we go by your logic, no catholics could get married in church because priests aren’t married.

Male obstetricians or infertile midwives shouldn’t deliver babies.

Just because you don’t do something in your personal life doesn’t mean you can’t advise on it in a professional capacity.

People who are clearly slim don't need advice as they're managing okay anyway.

But, as displayed on this thread already, being thin doesn’t mean you’re following a healthy lifestyle.

Wow another goady post about fatties in a situation that most likely didn't happen! It's an interesting topic for discussion though.

Skinnyfat is very much a thing. The older I get and the more I learn about nutrition the more I realise how unhealthily the vast majority of people eat, even those who seem healthy or eat relatively well. It's fascinating.

But someone who gives out 'advice' but clearly doesn't follow it themselves is on a sticky wicket, surely.

The people who need a wake up call are usually not getting it for fear of 'fat shaming'.

People who are clearly slim don't need advice as they're managing okay anyway.

The fat phobia on this thread is…. Phew

I think people feel the need to justify themselves as they’ve been very unfairly attacked simply for being a certain size and turning up to their place of work. It makes no difference to me what size the HCP may be. I want good care and good advice.

Given almost 70% of the population is overweight or obese, it's stands to reason that some nurses will be (and more overweight than thin ones.)

Interestingly there was a drive a year or so back to try to encourage medical staff to set a good example , because telling a patient to lose weight when you're overweight or obese isn't a great example, is it?

Just like if you went to see a doctor and he was at his desk smoking a fag or drinking vodka at 10am. (and telling you not to do the same.)

I don't buy into the excuses of shift work means we rely on biscuits.
Many nurses are not in busy NHS wards. They are in GP practices or small health centres. They work for a few hours a day, during normal working hours.

It's not hard to put an apple, a piece of fruit or a bag of nuts in your bag/locker and eat that in a break rather than buying canteen rubbish or whatever lies around in the staff room.

I agree it's cheeky.

If not wanting to take health advice from a hypocrite makes people a judgmental twat then that’s their choice tbh

At least admit falling short , so you’re expecting them to comment on their own health rather than act professionally and focus on yours? People give professional advice at work all the time about things they don’t do perfectly themselves.

Absolute nonsense.

If you think contemporary life is more stressful then try working in a 19c mill or factory or down a mine or as a servant or on the land - with no welfare state to fall back on, no union, and the ever present threat of the workhouse or destitution. Life, historically has been unimaginably tough.

I didn’t mention “greed” or “laziness” in my post, so I’m not sure what the point of your last para is. Instead I referenced addiction, compulsion, and binge eating disorder patterns, which research shows, play their part in obesity; as does poor education on food.