Vivvo CMS 4.1 PRI: Public Radio International http://www.pri.org/ ©2010 Spoonlabs d.o.o. PRI: Public Radio International http://www.pri.org/files.php?file=rss_682409203.gif http://www.pri.org/ New guidelines urge doctors to screen patients for obesity http://www.pri.org/stories/health/tt-new-guidelines-tell-doctors-to-intervine-with-obese-patients-10506.html Health and Medicine Wed, 04 Jul 2012 10:30:00 -0500 With more than one-third of American adults obese, the United States is facing a growing epidemic that has already cost the country billions of dollars. A group of medical experts hopes to change that by getting doctors on the frontline in the war against obesity. WB Health and Medicine Wed, 04 Jul 2012 14:20:31 -0500 Surprise! I know I should lose weight. So when a doctor says I should lose weight, the reply I want to give is along the lines of "duh". It's the conversation after that that matters, and that conversation is mostly worse than useless. PRI: Public Radio International