Should we stop calling people 'overweight'?

NU2U

I prefer "Plump-n-Chunky" :drinker:

MissMaryMac33

When I was 5'4 and 270# there is no nice term for that. I was fat, morbidly obese, type 2 diabetic. Being told by a doctor that I was morbidly obese helped me decide to change. i needed to hear a term that wasn't all happy fluffy like voluptuous - and such a pretty face. I was a fat cow. I was not healthy even thought I told people for years that I was. I didn't know any better.

WE need to use these honest terms ---- we are a fat society and its embarassing.

wftiger

I like to consider myself horizontally challenged. Or maybe it is vertically because if I was 7 feet tall I...would likely still be overweight.

MissFit0101

Overweight and obese are appropriate terms. I think it's quite ridiculous to even consider not using those terms anymore. Obesity is running rampant these days. Pretending it doesn't exist by not using those terms is not going to help the matter at all.

SPNLuver83

overweight is not a derogatory term. It's a compound word, over and weight, that describes very well a physical condition. I don't see how it could be said nicer. It is what it is and trying to eliminate that would just put everyone further into denial.

gtchs

Obese...overweight...I don't care if people call me that. I certainly know I'm obese. It's not like it's a big (no pun intended :laugh: ) secret. I can't really hide that fact. Having said that, very few people have ever called me obese, fat, or overweight. I find that most people don't want to be confrontational so they won't bring up weight usually.

Honestly I have much more important things to worry about (LIKE BEING OVERWEIGHT :grumble: ) then someone calling me overweight.

Krissy366

Oh come on, remove the stigma from obesity by banning terms that have negative connotations such as 'fat' and you will only exacerbate the obesity epidemic. It's far better overall for fat people to be told they're fat so they do something about it than for people to *****-foot around terms that could be labelled derogatory because peoples feelings may be hurt.

Yes, because the vast majority of fat people have never been called fat and THAT'S the problem. Uh huh.

sleepytexan

wahhhh wahhh wahhhhh.

Yes, chuck that in with all the suggestions to stop calling someone a valedictorian, give all kids who participate in a sporting event a trophy (oooh -- don't say someone was BETTER than someone else, no WINNERS, because that hurts others' feelings).

REALLY?

Get over it people; I can't stand this stupid politically correct garbage!

Guess what, people? Whatever you're great at, someone else is better! Someone else is better-looking, thinner, smarter, faster, richer . . . . .

SO WHAT?

Use that for motivation, not to be complacent in your status quo.

The sooner you realize it, the sooner you will get your *kitten* in gear and do something positive with your life.

RobinvdM

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Guess what, people? Whatever you're great at, someone else is better! Someone else is better-looking, thinner, smarter, faster, richer . . . . .

SO WHAT?

Use that for motivation, not to be complacent in your status quo.

The sooner you realize it, the sooner you will get your *kitten* in gear and do something positive with your life.

This way of thinking won't necessarily motivate everyone just cause it's a dual edged thing. You can use that exact same mindset to establish complacency. Someone will be meaner than you, someone will be poorer than you, someone will be dumber than you, and someone will most definitely be fatter than you. The people that think that way are, undoubtedly, in denial about their own situation but that is precisely what the thread is about underneath it all. (At least to me.)

Being forced into admitting the shoe fits means they have to acknowledge there IS something they can do about it. Resizing the shoe, by giving it a new and shiny fluffy label, just hurts the situation overall. There are people who may be more like I was and admit they are overweight and just focus on whining about it instead of doing something about it. I am glad I decided to do something about it this year to prove to myself I was correct in my reasons for whining. (Turns out not only was I not right, I was way way under educated about pretty much everything food related.) I am glad I woke up.

Mina133842

I thought "overweight" WAS the nice way to put that you're fat?!?