I recently watched a video about bariatric treatment (not bypass surgery) as a business. There were apparently dozens of doctors in attendance. Do you know what was odd about the video? There were many fat, possibly obese doctors.
One of the speakers in the video described his job. A couple of times he emphasized that it is a low stress, good income job, even noting how few of his patients call him after hours. He prescribes phentermine.
After 7800 patients, only 44% lose 10% of their initial body weight within the first six months. At typical body weights of 200+ pounds, that means, after paying thousands of dollars, 44% of his patients have lost over 20 pounds. That’s what he defines as good.
He also defines 200 new patients a month as good, too. I can imagine which statistic is more important to him.
