Nope, I said you might have a point in that specific area.

The consequences of doctor’s diagnosing patients with fat, not looking further, and supporting our society’s obsession with thinness include:

1. Fat people refusing to access healthcare because of the way they are treated when they do. This includes routine cancer screenings and vaccinations, particularly for women.
2. Immigration being denied to people based off of their BMI, which has happened in the U.S., Australia, and New Zealand. This includes temporary immigration such as to study.
3. Doctors believing that weight is evidence that a patient will be uncooperative and acting accordingly, including denying care.
4. Doctors and other medical professionals attempting to avoid providing care to fat people and being perfunctory when they do.
5. Increases in eating disorders, both from fat stigma, and from excessive dieting.
6. Increases in “obesity-related” conditions that happen when somebody desperately tries to lose weight…
7. Fat people not exercising because they face mockery when they try, resulting in worse health.
8. Doctors not keeping in the equipment they need to properly assess the health of larger individuals.

Etc, etc, etc. When you stand up for BMI as a “quick measurement” of how healthy somebody is, you’re supporting all of these problems. I think I’m done here, but I hope my point has been taken by *somebody*.

Stigma in Practice: Barriers to Health for Fat Women

Fat Is Not the Problem-Fat Stigma Is

Weight Bias in Health Care