http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/jul/28/doctors-feat-obese-warnings-health
"Family doctors and nurses should tell people they are fat rather than obese because such plain speaking would help more to lose weight, a health minister said today."
I love how some sections of society seem to think that "plain speaking" is a cure for everything. Do they really believe that obese people do not already know that they're fat? I've discussed elsewhere on the forum about how I don't mind the word "fat" when it comes from an FA, or from friends or family. But doctors shouldn't be using such an emotionally loaded term.
"Family doctors and nurses should tell people they are fat rather than obese because such plain speaking would help more to lose weight, a health minister said today."
I love how some sections of society seem to think that "plain speaking" is a cure for everything. Do they really believe that obese people do not already know that they're fat? I've discussed elsewhere on the forum about how I don't mind the word "fat" when it comes from an FA, or from friends or family. But doctors shouldn't be using such an emotionally loaded term.
