Patients of obese doctors are less likely to readily accept their doctor's recommendations, according to researchers at the Mercer University School of Medicine in Macon, GA.

The researchers surveyed 226 patients of five doctors in Georgia. Two of the doctors were obese, weighing 276 pounds and 225 pounds respectively, and the other three were not obese.

Reporting in the journal Preventive Medicine, the researchers said patients told them they were more receptive to disease treatment advice from non-obese doctors than from obese doctors.

The researchers reported, however, that the patients appeared equally receptive to advice from all five doctors about general weight control and fitness.

Other sources: Preventive Medicine