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by village-idiot 2870 days ago
American doctors are persistently and openly reluctant to prescribe lifestyle changes for fear of patient anger and noncompliance. Even in cases where the medical advice is something along the lines of “get some exercise or start planning your own funeral”.

Obviously doctors continuing to hand out pills (opioids, statins, etc.) to patients who really need therapy, exercise, or dietary changes is helping to reinforce the problem.