Experts say tell your loved ones they're overweight this holiday
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Posted: 12/23/2011
When your friends and family gather around the savory, carb-packed, sugar laden table this holiday season, experts say it’s the perfect time to say, “You’re fat .”
The National Obesity Forum and International Chair on Cardiometaboli Risk told BBC News that people should be honest with overweight loved ones, because the issue is often swept under the rug.
Forty-two percent of 2,000 surveyed people, 18-24, said they wouldn’t tell someone to protect feelings.
For the 25-44 crowd, only one-third of the group wouldn’t say something. One in four of the older crowd would also keep their mouths shut.
While telling someone to lose weight may be uncomfortable, Prof David Haslam of National Obesity Forum says if you’re discussing it with sensitivity, it could be the nudge that encourages an obese person to make life-saving dietary changes.
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