The Concept of “Non-Compliance” and Weight Loss Recommendations

As a fat patient who often exercises my right of informed refusal when it comes to recommendations of weight loss, I have had to correct my chart multiple times when the healthcare provider who recommended the weight loss labeled me as “non-compliant.” I’ll tell you how I handle it, but first I want to dig into the whole concept of “compliance” and weight loss recommendations. I refuse weight loss recommendations whether they are behavior-based, pharmacotherapy, or surgical, but in this post I’m going to focus on behavioral interventions.