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MEDICAL: CONDITIONS: OBESITY : BLAME : FAT SHAMING :
MEDICAL: GENETICS :
RESEARCH :
WILL POWER:
Americans Blame Obesity on Willpower, Despite Evidence Its Genetic
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Americans Blame Obesity on Willpower, Despite Evidence Its Genetic
GINA KOLATA
November 1, 2016
New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/01/health/
americans-obesity-willpower-genetics-study.html
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Americans believe that obesity is tied with cancer as the biggest health
threat in the nation today. But though scientific research shows that diet
and exercise are insufficient solutions, a large majority say fat people
should be able to summon the willpower to lose weight on their own.
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The findings are from a nationally representative survey of 1,509 adults
released on Tuesday by NORC at the University of Chicago, an independent
research institution. The study, funded by the American Society for
Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, found that concerns about obesity have
risen. Just a few years ago, in a more limited survey, cancer was seen as
the most serious health threat.
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The lead researcher, Jennifer Benz of the survey group at the University
of Chicago, said that to her knowledge no other survey has provided so
comprehensive a view of Americans beliefs about obesity, including how to
treat it, whether people are personally responsible for it and whether it
is a disease.
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Researchers say obesity, which affects one-third of Americans, is caused
by interactions between the environment and genetics and has little to do
with sloth or gluttony. There are hundreds of genes that can predispose to
obesity in an environment where food is cheap and portions are abundant.
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Yet three-quarters of survey participants said obesity resulted from a
lack of willpower. The best treatment, they said, is to take
responsibility for yourself, go on a diet and exercise.
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Obesity specialists said the survey painted an alarming picture. They said
the findings went against evidence about the science behind the disease,
and showed that outdated notions about obesity persisted, to the detriment
of those affected.
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Its frustrating to see doctors and the general public stigmatize patients
with obesity and blame these patients, ascribing attributes of laziness or
lack of willpower, said Dr. Donna Ryan, an obesity researcher and
professor emerita at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton
Rouge, La., who was not involved with the study. We would never treat
patients with alcoholism or any chronic disease this way. Its so revealing
of a real lack of education and knowledge.
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The self-help route has not been successful for most. Ninety-four percent
of the survey participants who were obese had tried to lose weight with
diet or exercise, to no avail. A quarter of those people said they had
tried five to nine times, and 15 percent said they had tried more than 20
times.
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Trying 20 times and not succeeding is that lack of willpower, or a
problem that cant be treated with willpower? asked Dr. Louis Aronne, the
director of the Comprehensive Weight Control Center at Weill Cornell
Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian, who was not involved with the study.
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Obesity specialists said there were several reasons for obese people to
seek medical help. There are factors, like side effects of certain
medicines, that cause people to gain weight. There are also prescription
drugs that help some people lose weight and keep it off. And for those
with extreme obesity, there is surgery.
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