So, you either withold valuable, possibly lifespan and quality of life, information from your customers?
You don't tell them that the cause of their problem is because they're fat because....you don't want to hurt their feelings? You let them continue in a manner that you, the doctor, I'm assuming, know is detrimental to them and therefore quite possibly to their family and those around them?
Heh.
I prefer the truth.
JMO, but I think he was speaking of the manner in which the information is presented... not whether the information should be given at all. At least that's how I interpreted it!