(UPI) Patients of U.S. physicians who communicate in a motivational style about losing weight lost an average of about 3.5 pounds in three months, researchers say…
[P]atients whose doctors spoke in judgmental/confrontational style did not lose weight.
Lead author Kathryn Pollack and colleagues analyzed the recorded conversations of 40 primary care physicians and 461 of their overweight or obese patients over an 18-month period -- saying only they wanted to record how doctors talked about health.
"Patients don't like to be told what to do, and they are generally not going to question or talk back to their doctor," Pollak said in a statement. "But what happens when doctors use reflective statements or a more motivational and empathic approach, it changes the relationship; the patient becomes more of an equal, more of a partner in care."
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Please do not give advice. We can best help each other by telling what works for us, not what we think someone else should do.