So, all NHS GP's to be trained in early diagnosis of Alzheimer's....

[ergotia]

....and then no doubt trained in treating it by telling patients to lose weight.

Comments

[valkyriekaren]

Alzheimers is a good way to lose weight - you forget to eat.

(actually true, not just a joke - it's one of the big risk factors for people 'dying of Alzheimers'. It's not the disease that kills them, it's that they forget how to feed and water themselves)

[faerierhona]

But of course! Everything that is wrong with people is due to their weight if they are overweight, didn't you realise that? And if you have a condition that causes weight gain, then you just need to work extra hard!

Yeah, sickening

[barakta]

Gah and yes.

My gran's just been diagnosed with it, so extra pertinent right now :(

[envoy]

It's a good quick diagnosis technique. Given how often a large person hears that from a doctor if they don't get chinned upon hearing it again it must mean some form of memory loss.