Fat doctors can't do their jobs Recently read a study (can't find link, sorry) that said that obese/overweight physicians are incapable of starting weight loss conversations with fat patients (probably because they would trigger themselves). Only 38 percent are confident in their ability to provide exercise counseling. And worst of all? They're only 11 percent likely to start a weight loss conversation when the patient is the same weight as them! They won't do their jobs because it reminds them that they're unhealthy.