Monday, January 31, 2011

If I am overweight, is it harder to treat me in an emergency room?

Yes. I can't stress strongly enough how much better your odds are of surviving a trauma or serious illness if you're fit. This is not a knock on overweight people; it just the reality. When people who are overweight and out of shape fall sick or are hurt, they tend to suffer more because they don't have the underlying fitness to help them bounce back. The more over weight you are; the bigger the problem, so remember that staying fit is about the survival (Travis Stork M.D; ER Physician & TV host of The Doctors).

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