Eat Y'self Fitter

By Shnur - 05/04/2009 04:25 - United States

Today, my patient, a chubby little girl, stood on a scale to measure her weight. She was 5 years-old and weighed 65 lbs. I started giving her advice on eating healthy: fruits, vegetables, and more greens. She turned to her mother with shocked look and said, "But mommy, the doctor is fat too!" FML
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ammali 0

Why the HELL is anybody saying the doctor deserved this? 5 years old and 65lbs is quite overweight. The average 5 year old is somewhere between 30-40, give or take a bit. The kid will have all kinds of health problems if something doesn't change soon, and Doc here was doing their JOB. Also, #11 is right, the one who should be getting the lecture is dear old Mom and Dad, probably letting their kid eat too many snacks and sodas and junk. Poor kid.

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got_rice 0

I'd say the kid's the one who should be saying FML...at that age, they really have no control over what they eat, so its entirely the parent's fault for letting them eat poorly.

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wintamint101 7

haha start taking your own advice

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blahbbb 0

well maybe you and your daughter are too skinny.

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gabinel1 0

its not cos ur fat that u need health advices. Eating green is always better than eating chemicals and ogms even if your fat or skinny. Fyl thought, and the kid probably said that randomly cos she was mad.

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baden18830 5

no, they sound just about right. you sound jealous however

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Bruno_Mars_Fan 0

it doesn't depend on how old a person is, it depends on how tall they are.

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GirlOnFire143 6

Exactly. I am 13 years old, 5'10, and 120 lbs. If you take out my height, I am extremely overweight for a teen. However, for my height not my age, I am very skinny.

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missalice0306 19

120 pounds isn't overweight for a teen

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capslockisgood 19

120 lbs is probably underweight if you're in your teens.

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raven_of_azarath 34

I weigh 129 lbs, and I'm considered slightly overweight for a teenager.

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DeathcoreDashie 11

I'm 16, 6'1, and 240. Call me Fat Bastard.

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MrsDruidess 23

I want to know what the hell this doctor thought she was doing talking to the kid like she's the one who cooks!!?? Educate the mother, she's the one giving her the bad food! I am sure the 5 year old isn't the one hitting the drive thru and stocking the house with crap. Let's wait till our kids are at least in middle school or highschool before we give them a huge complex about their looks! I know this should be about health but kids don't understand health, they understand pretty or not.

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TryToBeKind 0

Mom needs to a) smack her daughter upside the head for being rude and b) get smacked upside the head herself for letting her daughter be a fatty in the first place.

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kwbuzz23wk 0

thats what you get for being fat and giving health advice. drop some pounds if you wanna call other people fat. unless of course you are using yourself as an example of what not to be.

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AppleCoFreak 0

Dude, how does she deserve that, when I was eleven I was 65 pounds. It doesn't hurt to tell a five year old how to get in good healthy eating habits.

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InfamousRaider 15

Im not big at all but I will let you know that most people try to lose weight and can't so I suggest you shut the **** up. FYL OP

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MrsDruidess 23

@149, it hurts because she's 5! She doesn't buy the food or chose what's for dinner or how much time is set aside for activities, the mother & father do. OP should have been talking to the mom about health instead of the kid about fat! She's 5, that's a little young to be giving her a complex about her size, mom. could fix it without the kid even hearing about it. If its a matter if what the kid will or will not eat, that again comes down to parenting. I know moms with picky eaters but they still get in their greens and fruit. A night or two of fighting to get them to eat what you make them will generally do the trick, just can't cave and give them McDonald's you know. Its a test of wills with a picky eater, if this kid even falls into that category.

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yaboiipoo 5

dude the doctor isnt deciding youre fat, theres a growth chart that shows the correct weight for height.

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123sploosh 0

thats a doctors job. you idiots

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fmlsrfunny77 0

how ur a ******* idiot he was just give advice ... even to skinny people that's good advice .. cause it's never bad to eat healthy

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Penguin1942 0

You sound like an idiot. She's trying to help the patient!!!!! If she doesn't do this then the kid's going to live the life of an obese person.

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Cookie_kaioo 0

haha! Agreed with #1 & #3! OWNED ;) But ohh well you're doing your job sincerely.. and shit happens :)

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AnaDoll 0

Ahhaha, maybe you should listen to your own advice, I'd never want to listen to an over weight doctor. and to #2, the little girl does not need to be smacked, she's FIVE. Five year olds just say what they think, and what they see, without realizing that it's sometimes rude. If she was like 12 it would have been a little rude. ahh, the honesty of children

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raven_of_azarath 34

She does need to learn that she was being rude.

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TheAnon1313 28

Children don't actually have the mental capacity to acknowledge that something they've done or said is wrong/rude until they're seven years old or older. She should be told that it wasn't nice, but she can't be expected not to do it again.

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