How would you describe an obese person?

A person has traditionally been considered to be obese if they are more than 20\% over their ideal weight. That ideal weight must take into account the person’s height, age, sex, and build. Obesity has been more precisely defined by the National Institutes of Health (the NIH) as a BMI (Body Mass Index) of 30 and above.

What do you say when someone says their fat?

Here’s the right way to respond to five common body-bashing remarks.

1. “I’m so fat.”
2. “I hate my (insert body part).”
3. “Other girls have it so easy.”
4. “I try so hard and I don’t see any change.”
5. “Why can’t I look like her?”

What is a nice word for fat?

adjective

• plump, stout, overweight, heavy, large, solid, chubby, portly, rotund, flabby, paunchy, pot-bellied, beer-bellied, dumpy, meaty, broad in the beam, of ample proportions, Falstaffian.
• buxom.
• obese, morbidly obese, corpulent, bloated, gross, gargantuan, elephantine.
• fleshy.

What is a bariatric person?

A person is classified as having obesity and may be referred to as a bariatric patient when they have a body mass index (BMI) that is equal to or greater than 30. When thinking of bariatrics, you may think of bariatric surgery, which is also known as metabolic or weight-loss surgery.

What is a fat patient called?

The term obese describes a person who’s very overweight, with a lot of body fat.

What weight counts as bariatric?

BMI. Bariatric surgery is only recommended if you are seriously overweight, with a BMI of 40 or more. You may also qualify if you have a BMI of between 35 and 40 and a health problem that could be improved if you lost weight, such as high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, sleep apnoea, or mobility problems.

Is it okay to call someone ‘fat’?

From a journalistic perspective, you have no business calling anyone ‘fat,’ basically. (Neither do I, except in the context of work on fat acceptance.) It’s a tough line to walk.”

Is ‘fat’ a bad word?

Until fat is reclaimed as a neutral descriptor, the assumption built into our language is that fat is bad/gross and fat people are ugly/lazy/unhealthy.” It was an eye-opening perspective. I understood where she was coming from – we’ve created so much stigma around the word, maybe tiptoeing around it isn’t helping.

Can we end fat bashing if we can’t say fat?

I don’t think we can end fat bashing if we can’t even say fat. Until fat is reclaimed as a neutral descriptor, the assumption built into our language is that fat is bad/gross and fat people are ugly/lazy/unhealthy.” It was an eye-opening perspective.

Should we shame ourselves for being fat?

Of course, we don’t have to meet the medical standard for obesity to shame ourselves for being fat. Our society is obsessed with fitness and thinness to the point that any deviation from the ideal – no matter how small — can trigger feelings of shame, which then cause us to frantically redouble our efforts at dietingand exercise.