Again, obesity is an indicator of an unhealthy lifestyle, not a medical condition protected by privacy laws. That would be like trying to sue her because she announced the color of your hair. Were I a gambling man I would bet that the doctor just tried to use social pressure on the OP after she ignored the previous suggestions as most overweight individuals tend to.

This isn't illegal, just very rude. The patients would've been able to see OP was overweight, so the doctor didn't give them any information that they didn't already know. It would be illegal if she'd said OP's exact weight or some other personal information that the other people weren't aware of.

It isn't a violation of anything, you twit. This is exactly why your legal system is so ****** up.

Coming from someone who is in a paramedic program this is a violation of federal privacy laws called HIPPA. The doctor shared information with someone who is not the patient and not in the patient care team. Look it up!

The doctor made an offhand remark. There was no disclosure of information...

She can't sue for being embarrassed. If it were confidential medical history about OP then there would be a case, but being offended by someone isn't punishable by, well, anything.

It's actually not illegal in the US...very rude, but not illegal. It isn't actual confidential information. Things that they are required to keep confidential are procedures, prescriptions, diagnosis, address, age, etc. If the doctor had stated the OPs actual weight, then that would be a breach of confidentiality. But again, it was extremely RUDE and therefore morally wrong.

So, "You have a fat ass" is not a diagnosis?

Honest query: What country has the most lawyers per capita? I'm thinking that that advertising, over the decades, have conditioned the public to think "Sue 'em" as a basic conflict resolution method. How else can we support large masses of lawyers? Now, if we gave everyone guns, we wouldn't need lawyers... *runs from angry mob*