AMA committee: Talk bluntly about obesity in children
CHICAGO -- Doctors ought to quit using fuzzy terms to define children's weight problems and instead refer to truly fat kids as overweight or obese, a committee of medical experts recommended.
Less blunt terms used by the government and many doctors diplomatically avoid the term ``obese.'' Instead, they refer to children many would consider too fat as being ``at risk for overweight,'' and ``overweight'' for those others would consider obese.
Ful text: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/feature...obesity,0,3085124.story?coll=sfla-news-diet--
How about future SBBWs -- I saw a mother a daughter last week that gave me hope for the future. Mom was about 400 pounds with a big belly in blue stretch pants and daughter was about 15 and not far behind with a great belly, 2 chins and ebbw rolls (unusual in one so young). Did I mention she had a boyfriend with her who was feeding her an ice cream cone, and mom was eating one too --
CHICAGO -- Doctors ought to quit using fuzzy terms to define children's weight problems and instead refer to truly fat kids as overweight or obese, a committee of medical experts recommended.
Less blunt terms used by the government and many doctors diplomatically avoid the term ``obese.'' Instead, they refer to children many would consider too fat as being ``at risk for overweight,'' and ``overweight'' for those others would consider obese.
Ful text: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/feature...obesity,0,3085124.story?coll=sfla-news-diet--
How about future SBBWs -- I saw a mother a daughter last week that gave me hope for the future. Mom was about 400 pounds with a big belly in blue stretch pants and daughter was about 15 and not far behind with a great belly, 2 chins and ebbw rolls (unusual in one so young). Did I mention she had a boyfriend with her who was feeding her an ice cream cone, and mom was eating one too --
