Woke researchers call for term ‘morbidly’ obese to be banned because it’s offensive
Calling the fattest category of people ‘morbidly’ obese is offensive, woke researchers said today.
And they urged doctors and scientists to stop referring to unsuccessful attempts to lose weight as ‘failures’.
Terms used moving forward should include ‘ineffective’ or ‘insufficient’ weight loss, or even ‘secondary weight regain’.
No specific suggestions were given to replace the phrase ‘morbid’, however severe is often used instead.
Critics today slammed the recommendation, published in a leading obesity journal, saying it was ‘odd’ given morbid obesity is a clinical term.
But industry experts agreed that ‘less stigmatising’ language was crucial in the battle against the bulge, saying ‘words truly do matter’.
Joe Nadglowski, president of the Obesity Action Coalition, said: ‘The old expression “sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me” doesn’t apply for those living with obesity.’
It comes after a separate team of researchers claimed the word obesity is racist and should be dropped in favor of ‘people in larger bodies’.
