Fat Terms, Over weight, obese,....

[pickleman357]

Okay, so, reading this fourm I find people are really upset with the terms that society have given BBWs, Over weight, Obese, Fat, etc.

Well, to me, I don't find them insulting. Mind you, I'm not a BBW, so I have a hard time relating.

But there are serious isssues. Let's look at one, 'Obese'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obese

Obesity is a condition where the natural energy reserve, stored in the fatty tissue of humans and mammals is increased to a point where it is thought to be a significant risk factor for certain health conditions as well as increased mortality.

So, by that definition, if you're 400lbs and perfectly healthy, then you're not Obese.

But keep reading

Because muscle weighs a great deal more than fat, most amateur athletes are classified as "overweight" and most professional athletes have enough muscle mass to be classified as "obese" or even "severely obese" - when, in fact, their body fat percentage is very low and they are in no danger of developing any health problems correlative to carriage of excess fat.

So this makes the term, obese, very interesting. Obese basically means, heavy person. Whether you're healthy or not has nothing to do with you being an obese person by this definition.

So let's look at health
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health

The most widely accepted definition is that of the World Health Organization (WHO). It states that "health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity" (WHO, 1946). In more recent years, this statement has been modified to include the ability to lead a "socially and economically productive life." The WHO definition is not without criticism, as some argue that health cannot be defined as a state at all, but must be seen as a process of continuous adjustment to the changing demands of living and of the changing meanings we give to life. The WHO definition is therefore considered by many as an idealistic goal rather than a realistic proposition.

mental and social well-being .... so a physically healthy 'obese' person could still be unhealthy from the fact that if they don't accept themselves and/or society not accepting them just because they're big.

This is fancinating.

What do you people think?

 

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