PHILADELPHIA, May 9 (UPI) -- Obese men treated by male physicians are more apt to get weight-related counseling than obese women treated by a female physician, U.S. researchers say.
Dr. Octavia Pickett-Blakely of the hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and colleagues say the study revealed that male patients had about a 60 percent higher chance of receiving diet/nutrition advice and about a 76 percent higher chance of getting exercise counseling from male doctors compared with female patients receiving care from female doctors.