Health workers told: ‘Obese’ is offensive

[Teh One Who Knocks]

By HARRY HAYDON - The Sun


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HEALTH watchdogs have been slammed after saying that calling overweight patients obese could be seen as “derogatory”.

Public health workers have been told that patients may respond better if they are encouraged to achieve a “healthier weight” rather than being labelled obese.

The advice — issued by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence — prompted opposition from some health campaigners.

Tam Fry, of the National Obesity Forum, said: “This is extremely patronising. They should be talking to people in an adult fashion."

He continued: “There should be no problem with using the proper terminology. If you beat around the bush then you muddy the water."

The advice is included in NICE’s paper entitled Obesity: Working with Local Communities and urges health professionals to use “appropriate language” to help obese patients.

It said: “The term ’obesity’ may be unhelpful — while some people may like to ’hear it like it is’, others may consider it derogatory.”

It continued: “Directors of public health and local government communications leads should carefully consider the type of language and media to use to communicate about obesity.

“For example, it might be better to refer to a ’healthier weight’ rather than ’obesity’ — and to talk more generally about health and wellbeing or specific community issues.”

[Muddy]

Oh brother...

[FBD]

Sooner or later we're going to run out of fatass euphamisms

[PorkChopSandwiches]

Does calling you fat hurt your fat feelings Fatty McFatburger

[Jezter]

Hahaha! For fucks sake! This PC shit is getting out of hand. Well, it has already gotten out of hand, but shit like this makes me just laugh. I don't have tears left anymore after so so very many examples of the deterioration of common sense and humanity.

[minz]

It was like this teaching, we weren't allowed to fail a students work, it was either a "pass" or "Marked for further development"

[Jezter]

It was like this teaching, we weren't allowed to fail a students work, it was either a "pass" or "Marked for further development"

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[Muddy]

It was like this teaching, we weren't allowed to fail a students work, it was either a "pass" or "Marked for further development"

What a crock..

[PorkChopSandwiches]

It was like this teaching, we weren't allowed to fail a students work, it was either a "pass" or "Marked for further development"

:facepalm:

[minz]

What a crock..

They thought it would upset and demoralise the student. :huh:

[Jezter]

They thought it would upset and demoralise the student. :huh:

But encouraging them to do jack shit and stay dumb is going to do what exactly? FFS...

[Teh One Who Knocks]

It was like this teaching, we weren't allowed to fail a students work, it was either a "pass" or "Marked for further development"

There's a school district in metro Denver (can't remember which one) that told teachers to stop using red ink to mark incorrect answers on the student's papers because red is an upsetting color :|

[Jezter]

There's a school district in metro Denver (can't remember which one) that told teachers to stop using red ink to mark incorrect answers on the student's papers because red is an upsetting color :|

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[minz]

There's a school district in metro Denver (can't remember which one) that told teachers to stop using red ink to mark incorrect answers on the student's papers because red is an upsetting color :|

Yes I've heard of this too.

[DemonGeminiX]

Not only would I use red ink to grade assignments and tests, I would use the red ink to write "You suck, dumbass" on aforementioned tests and assignments.

[Hal-9000]

Getting back to two ton Tessie...

so we can't say fat people
we can't say big people
we can't say obese people


larger than life?


Hey, I'm all for having a world full of different people but if being 50, 100, 200 pounds overweight is a recognized medical problem.....we're gonna need a bigger boat :shock:


(not sure where I was going with that :lol:)

[DemonGeminiX]

Fuckin' big fat obese whales...

[-(

[Hal-9000]

People with legitimate thyroid problems I can sympathize with...we had a friend growing up who tried everything from stomach stapling to pills.....she ate very little daily.


but most of these obese people take in 17000 calories per meal and I have no sympathy for that

[minz]

We could call them cuddly or curvy :lol: or chunky monkey and say its a term of endearment? :mrgreen:

[DemonGeminiX]

Took me forever to remember how to do the color font thing... maybe I should use red ink on myself.

:huh:

[minz]

Took me forever to remember how to do the color font thing... maybe I should use red ink on myself.

:huh:

Tut tut, do we need to mark you for further development Mr DGX? :lol:

[Hal-9000]

Tut tut, do we need to mark you for further development Mr DGX? :lol:


:rofl:


:burn:

:+1:

[DemonGeminiX]

I've never been accused of being underdeveloped.

:oops:

[Hal-9000]

marked for further development...not gonna forget that soon :lol:

[DemonGeminiX]

:dance: