القصص

أخذت السمنة حياة والدي في عام 2018. كنت في الشهر الثاني من أول شهادة دراسات عليا في علم جوزة الطيب (تخصص طبي في البرازيل يركز على علاج اضطرابات الأكل).

He was already hypertensive, diabetic, with osteoarticular lesions, and had sleep apnea. He had most of the complications that obesity brings. And he was a doctor; he knew much more about them than I did, who had graduated in medicine just 3 years ago. But despite some attempts to lose weight, without proper professional follow-up, he evolved with complications, and in 2018 he died.

Since then, I have already completed my fourth nutrology course. I now work in the public health system in Brazil, in the Family Health Strategy program, which annually invites physicians to work in more remote areas of the country and provide primary care in Basic Health Units. My work involves screening patients with higher cardiovascular risk and trying to teach them the importance of lifestyle changes, physical exercise, and healthy eating habits. I carry out monthly groups with these patients and perform anthropometric and bioimpedance assessments. I teach them how obesity can have serious consequences over the years. I also try to make health professionals and municipal management aware of the importance of fighting obesity and metabolic syndrome, and consequently preventing more deaths from cardiovascular diseases. The population needs to be aware of the importance of obesity as a disease. Only then will they seek adequate treatment.

My father, without a doubt, was the most caring, humane and dedicated doctor I’ve ever met. Today I feel my work is a mission, and even with all the difficulties, I try to do my best to help every patient I can.

الصورة: أدريان مع والدها في عام 2015. بإذن من صاحب البلاغ.

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