WOW! Faux Noise actually gets something right re: childhood obesity

Experts Urge Blunt Terms For Kids' Obesity

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.

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The recommended terms cut to the chase, at least medically, but don't mean that doctors should be insensitive or use the label in front of every patient, he said

"We need to describe this in medical terms, which is 'obesity.' When we talk to an individual family, we can be a little more cognizant of their feelings and more gentle, but that doesn't mean we can't discuss it," Washington said. "The evidence is clear that we need to bring it up."

About 17 percent of U.S. children are obese and one-third are overweight, using the committee's recommended definitions. Those numbers are rising, putting children at risk for diabetes, high blood pressure, cholesterol problems and other ailments more commonly found in adults.


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:wow: Sometimes you got to give the Devil his due, much as it pains me to say.

:rofl:

The right loves the tough love approach. Makes them think they are compassionate when they call someone fat.

No "tough love" implicated in the article.

the right is getting into this one is because the net effect is to back off of what they see as PC language regarding overweight kids.

And it sure beats covering Scooter's sentencing or Harriet's subpoena.

Guess I shoulda done more research.

:blush:

impact than name calling but who am I to argue with a "committee of medical experts." :sarcasm:

Take fat kids down a few pegs, I says.

Would actually READ THE GODDAMN ARTICLE.

Silly me. liberaltrucker is Lounge bound and down.

Bye.