I hate the word "obese"
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I hate the word "obese"
| Sun, 06-05-2005 - 10:24am |
It just sounds disgusting. Call me fat, call me overweight, call me a whale - anything but obese. Just a random thought/vent.

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I don't mind the word obese. What I DO mind is that when people refer to me it's by saying "she's obese" not "she is a PERSON who is obese." It's a medical term, so I'm fine with it...but it's as though people don't realize that there is a person attached to the condition (which is the case with sooooooo many conditions.)
~Maureen
I like "fat" better than obese. Obese sounds like a freak of nature to me. Around here, lots of people say "hefty" which I also hate--sounds like a trash bag. Also hate portly, chunky, chubby. I'm like aydynsmommy--I hate to be called anything.
Jenny
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I also hate the word obese...your right,it just sounds so wrong.Who knows,maybe thats why they term it that in the medical field.Make everyone who's "obese" feel horrible about the word and maybe we'll change our ways.
And to whomever said morbidly obese is even worse...I agree.Obese is unhealthy enough,and I would think by now most if not all people would know that...so why add the morbidly to it.
Write my weight down and be done with it.I highly doubt a Doctor can't tell by my weight and height if I'm obese or not,I don't need a word in my charts to tell them and myself what everyone else already knows. O.o Duh!
Bren
I also hate the word obese. Everytime I hear that word it sounds like some one is saying "a beast". My doctor sent a referral form to my home to see a nutrionist and it listed "female with hypertention, hyperlipidemia and obisitiy." That letter bothered me for quite some time. I prefer the word rubenesque after the painter whose theme was painting full-figured women. Zaftig is even a good word, it's often referred to the opera divas.
I thought I was the only one who felt that way about that word. It's good to know I am not alone.
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