According to an article (FT 24/4/2016), medical practitioners and nurses are being challenged to treat the causes of non-communicable diseases. That’s fine and good, but probably impossible to do effectively unless they set a better example.

It is shocking to see the number of doctors and nurses in Fiji who are extremely obese. Obesity is an important risk factor in developing NCDs.

So what are doctors and nurses supposed to do, say, “Do as I say, not as I do?” Is that supposed to be effective? The first step to reduce the number of NCD cases should be to help doctors and nurses set a better example so that their advice to patients will be effective.