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One Surrey GP said: Patients are often resentful when GPs say weight is the cause of their problems.

Some patients have declined to see some of our GPs whom they feel pressurise them about weight, but patients are often more upset at being fat than at the discussion.

But one GP from Berkshire said it was ridiculous for doctors to worry about causing offence.

We have to all stop being so politically correct and if we offend patients, bad luck, said Dr Robert Koefman, from Binfield Surgery, in Bracknell. If weight is the problem tell them so.

East London-based GP Dr Tope Ajayi said that he had seen many patients with chronic knee pain, exacerbated by their heavy weight, yet had hesitated to raise the matter.

He said he had weighed up whether or not it's worth bringing the fact the patient's weight may be contributing to their pain for fear of it negatively affecting my relationship with the patient.

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