GPs must address weight problem in kids

GPs need to broach obesity during consultations with patients who come to them with other ailments, according to Dr Eva Orsmond.

A star of the hit RTE weight-loss show Operation Transformation and proprietor of Orsmond Clinics, she said she found it amazing that more GPs did not tell parents their children were too heavy. ?It does not matter if they go to you, the GP, with an ear infection. Would you not feel that clearly the child is obese and comment on it? [GPs] are the only people who can do it.?  Click here for full article.