Obesity is high in this country for adults and for children, and it has to do with diet and the choice of food. Physicians must confront obesity where they can and not have the weight of government on them as they do it.

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That sentence was never raised from my lips.

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I have a huge patient following on the basic idea of telling the truth, ... If you don't like my style, there's the door. It's open.

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They picked the wrong doctor to go after this time. I will fight this all the way, not even just for me. I am fighting for every doctor afraid to open their mouth and speak the truth because of fears of this happening.

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Let's face it, if your husband were to die tomorrow, who would want you?

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They think they are defending me just against the board, but its my understanding that my attorney, Chuck Douglas, is going to try and take the case out of the committee and into court, ... If that happens, I suddenly get civil rights again. I get double jeopardy and hearsay protection, and they will have no case.

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[The woman — dubbed] Patient A ... You need to lose weight. Let's fact it if your husband were to die tomorrow who would want you. Well, men might want you but not the types that you want to want you. Might even be a black guy.

102

They are going to fund my defense and said they are getting an increasing number of complaints from providers, ... These providers are being told, Roll over or well roll over you. Its wrong, and they picked the wrong guy because I am not going away; I will not shut up.

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That patient is currently in a nursing home completely demented, tied to a chair drooling on herself and doesn't recognize anybody, ... She was in pretty nearly that condition at the time she filed that complaint.

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