Dear Doctor, Here’s What Fat Patients Need From You

Fat patients are getting worse health care than ever. Here are 10 recommendations that can help.

Your Fat Friend
Elemental
Published in
9 min readFeb 11, 2020

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I spent nearly a decade away from doctors’ offices.

I was insured. I could afford my copay. But I weighed around 400 pounds, and nearly every doctor I saw made it clear that bodies like mine…

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Your Fat Friend
Elemental

Your Fat Friend writes about the social realities of living as a very fat person. www.yourfatfriend.com