There's a common feature in all my clinics and that's why I think it's so important about lifestyle, medicine, diet and exercise and the beneficial effects they can have on on mental health. So out of 18 patients, I would hazard a guess that at least four or five will be due to mental health concerns. I would probably say, they are two of most common things I see. What do you see most frequently with patients?Ībsolutely anxiety & depression. Sit down and make a little bit of a plan with them I think that would be of tremendous benefit. In the ideal scenario, you know, if we had more time, had that extra five minutes just to have a chat about the patient and their lifestyle - what's their diet like, were there sort of physical activities like day to day and what is their energy expenditure. How would you want to help patients improve their nutrition and weight loss? Sitting and talking to a patient about their diet, their lifestyle the exercise levels takes time and time is something we don't have. Just giving a prescription, getting the patient out the door so they can move on. I think with the time pressures and the other pressures GPs are under are probably partly to blame for that as well. You don't need a GP to give you something and you're going to see the results. Exercise helps you to do these simple things. The amount of patients I have coming in wanting antibiotics, they're not seeing the the bigger picture in the fact that they can help themselves with conservative measures. I can almost liken it to one of the most common things we see in general practice which is an upper respiratory tract infection or a common cold or sore throat or something like that. In my experience, the majority of the time, the patient wants something that's going to do this for them they want you to do this for them. Are patients aware that nutrition can help them lose weight, rather than a prescription? The more enjoyable we can make it, the easier it's going to be but it's still going to be difficult because if the patient can help themselves to find that sort of motivation to make make sure that their diet is clean and balanced and healthy, that they're doing regular exercise then that's where it's going to come. The reality of this is that it's difficult, I always say that to my patients, losing weight dieting is difficult. It's just the repetitive nature of what I see and, what I see is that prescription seeking behaviour, gives me something that's going to help me lose weight, the easy option. What's your opinion on the uptake of prescription drugs? I mean there are a few lectures, possibly a few tutorials centred around nutrition but I wouldn't say it was weighted at all to that really, and even now in general practice, I don't think we spend enough time with our patients talking about nutrition. I would say not a great deal through the medical course. Q. How much did you learn about nutrition while studying for your degree? That interest stemmed from an injury I sustained about 12 years ago. I'm a local general practitioner which means that I'm not affiliated to one practice and I work all over the south of the country and I have a keen interest in bodybuilding.
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