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In America, they take your blood pressure every time you walk into a dr. office.  And they weigh you.  I think they only take your temp when you're there feeling sick (viral or bacterial infection) or for a physical (routine check-up).  They even have blood pressure machines in a lot of public places now.  That's how bad heart disease is here.

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by poemless on Fri Apr 10th, 2009 at 01:19:30 PM EST
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I've never really seen them in public places outside of Eckerd or Walgreens.  Maybe a grocery store or two (again, by the pharmacy).  But they've always had those, even before obesity and heart disease became huge issues.  Where else do they put them up there?

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by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Fri Apr 10th, 2009 at 09:22:40 PM EST
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In America, they take your blood pressure every time you walk into a dr. office.  And they weigh you.

I don't look obese at all, and have no prior history of heart-related problems, so they don't waste the effort. (As for people with heart problems, it's usual for them to have an instrument and use it daily.) My blood pressure is taken during regular medical checks for my company every couple of years. When younger, the draft examination bodies of the military would also take it (and they would get quite annoyed when I invalidated the results).

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by DoDo on Sat Apr 11th, 2009 at 03:49:14 AM EST
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By the way, you and BruceMcF seem to talk as if taking a temperature would be something for doctors. That's strange -- I could imagine that having thermometers at home is not normal at other places like it is here, but those movies and TV shows I remembered would indicate the USA ain't such a place.

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by DoDo on Sat Apr 11th, 2009 at 02:10:45 PM EST
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