If you had high blood pressure, what would you prefer?

[TheImpOfThePerverse2026]

To be told by your doctor you need to lose weight and sort your life out.

OR:

If it gets any higher you'll need to be put on tablets?

What is the normal response from a UK GP?

@SilenceInside I think you misunderstood my post. My point is that weight is a very sensitive subject, and many people have posted on here very angry that their GP had mentioned their weight. The point they make is that they know they’re overweight, and they don’t need to be told to lose it. But OP is blaming the GP for not mentioning it!

I’d prefer number 1 for sure because I like to tackle the root cause of a problem.

Perhaps he assumed you knew it was potentially weight related and he didn’t need to state the obvious?