@jakedduck1 No, Leonard, no doctor really did. I think they knew I was smart enough to realize I was overweight and probably wanted to not risk having me no longer coming to them. I think very few doctors speak to their overweight patients for that reason. I had numerous PCPs before I had cirrhosis, at least 4, and only one very cautiously mentioned weight when she diagnosed me as having diabetes. She was a really good doctor but she left the regular practice to become a hospitalist since that fit better with being a mother of young children. I still miss her.
I knew that being an "apple" put me at greater risk for heart disease but I had no idea of the other things it put me at higher risk of. Frankly, I am not sure it would have made much of a difference. Hindsight is always 20/20.
JK