United Kingdom: ME Association news

[MrMagoo]

Yep—although ironically, it may reduce the risks for them. Especially if the reason they're being excluded is because the service promotes exercise, and the therapists are concerned the advice they offer hasn't been assessed as suitable for everyone with high BMI.

All the same, being told you're too overweight for treatment is disturbing and smacks of discrimination. The type of pacing advice the service should be offering is appropriate for everyone.

My guess would be you’d be asked to do the “cure-all” online healthy eating course to lose weight before you can be assessed.
I had to agree to do that for different reasons (pre-diabetic) it was utterly unsuitable for someone who can’t shop or cook. And the classic “just ignore the exercise bits”.

I doubt the BMI issue is related to them promoting exercise though. The higher the BMI the more they harass you to exercise. I wonder what the rationale is?

What next, no cancer screening unless you’re under a BMI of 35?
The MEA actually doing something useful here in highlighting the issue.