i’m still fairly youngish (im 16) and i’m a type one diabetic, so i visit an endocrinologist every once in a while, and every time i visit the endo they always go on about how my “weight is gaining to fast” you’re a doctor don’t you realize that i have had two growth spurts in height over two years? i’m going through puberty! i’m! supposed! to! gain! weight! and this weight gain they’re so worried about is that i gained 20 pounds in the past 2 YEARS…right alongside my height growth?

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bigfatscience:

It is not okay for doctors to talk negatively about young people’s weight.

In fact, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that doctors avoid weight and dieting talk with their child and adolescent patients because such talk is harmful to young people’s health.  

Please share the scientific articles that are linked in the previous sentence with your parents so they can help protect you from this doctor’s ill-informed and dangerous behavior in future. 

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