obese or morbidly obese, should other words be used ?
By sunsetdawn
@sunsetdawn (35)
July 30, 2010 3:13am CST
i was told by a doctor i was obese my friend was morbidly obese some children are now being told they are obese, i know they are just words but i think other terms could be used i dont like fat being used but in some way that sounds better than obese what do you all think and what words do you think could be used?
3 responses
@wongchoiyee (7413)
• Malaysia
30 Jul 10
I am not sure what the other words can be used but my mom called me big size all the time! HAhaa...
@romzz05 (572)
• Philippines
30 Jul 10
The other term they use is overweight and the rest just doesn't sound good, i've always been the fat girl so I'm kinda used to it. Years ago obese doesn't sound bad cause its usually just being used by doctors and trainers but now since people want to be politically correct obese is now a very common term.
I think the "morbid" term made it sound bad. I just don't know what other term could be used.
@sunsetdawn (35)
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30 Jul 10
thank you for reply :) i have always been classed as fat or obese i was reading the paper today and it stated that children were being called obese now political correctness or not i think that for children at least there could be a better way to class them my friends daughter wouldnt eat for a week when the doctor told her she was obese at 8 she looks skinny enough to me but now she thinks shes obese.
@buggles64 (2709)
• United States
30 Jul 10
I think that once we get "use" to word, or know the meaning behind the word it begins to take on a negative connotation. Even if we said someone had "health issues" eventually, that too would come to be "negative." I like the phrase "health issues" rather than fat or obese, but when you say either one of those two words, you know someone is "over-weigh" The phrase "health issues" could mean anything.
