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12. +1 While people can be "overweight," as currently defined (which is actually a stricter

Reply to Silent3 (Original post)

Sun Feb 8, 2015, 09:26 PM

Feb 2015

definition than held in the past) and still be quite healthy (more healthy than skinnier people, in fact, as determined by increased lifespan), morbid obesity is something else, I think.

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"People are not fat. They HAVE fat." [View all] Silent3 Feb 2015 OP

I completely agree with you. Daemonaquila Feb 2015 #1

Was the Faceplant post and dance video production sponsored by McDonald's? Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #2

FWIW... Silent3 Feb 2015 #4

I saw a weird term on tumblr, "death fat" Prism Feb 2015 #3

You can be a very liberal person, yet on DU and many other liberal web sites... Silent3 Feb 2015 #5

"But this weird embracing of unhealth, and demanding language changes to shield the reality... 3catwoman3 Feb 2015 #6

POF, people of fat. ok nt msongs Feb 2015 #7

Hmm I think the point might be gollygee Feb 2015 #8

I actually think that's a healthier way to think about it. Marr Feb 2015 #9

If I come in from the rain and somebody says, "You're wet"... Silent3 Feb 2015 #11

True enough. Also, considering the fact that even the fittest people have fat... Marr Feb 2015 #15

And why is it Morbidly Obese tavernier Feb 2015 #10

How about Morbidly Morbid? Arugula Latte Feb 2015 #13

I think that's simply because morbid obesity until recently has been a rare thing. Silent3 Feb 2015 #14

+1 While people can be "overweight," as currently defined (which is actually a stricter ND-Dem Feb 2015 #12