Dr. Phil guest today

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 5:52 pm

Today Dr. Phil had a guest on who was a male & overweight. He said (the guest) that his dr. told him he had sleep apnea due only to being overweight & that if he lost the weight his apnea would go away.
My dr. told me that being overweight can worsen the problem, but that it does not cause a person to have apnea unless they are very overweight. This guy was about 280 & I'm not sure of his height.
I'm just wondering about this because there seems to be a huge movement in this country to blame everything on being overweight. While being overweight does cause lots of problems or makes them worse, I hate to see sleep apnea now added to the heap of things we all have to feel guilty about having even if we are the least bit overweight.

Procrastinator · Post by **Procrastinator** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 6:01 pm

Being overweight can exacerbate the problem, but it is not the cause of the problem.

No need to feel guilty.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 6:13 pm

Dr. Phil made a point of asking the guy several times why he would choose to be overweight & stop breathing at night if he could lose the weight & solve the problem. Millions of people watch his show & now everyone is going to think that being overwright causes sleep apnea! Grrrrrrrrrrrr!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 6:22 pm

Hey Dr Phil read this. http://www.apa.org/monitor/feb03/sleep.html

Idiot