[Graybeard58]

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[Publius6961]

Should youngsters be called obese?

Only if they are.
Calorically challenged and "hasn't missed many meals" are useless euphemisms. When parents start using that PC crap as an excuse I start using the phrase "beached whales".

Self-esteem should never require lying.

[BipolarBob]

I don't care what they call me, just hand over the chocolate and nobody gets hurt.

[gorush]

"Should youngsters be called obese?"

Only if they are really fat.

[Knute]

A porker is a porker is a porker...

[Gay State Conservative]

If honest-to-God medical research (not the politically correct "feel good" type) shows that being overweight/obese can harm a kid then it's up to physicians to make that known....in the clearest possible way.

[Cyclopean Squid]

I've always preferred the term "husky." Bigger kids are going to hear plenty of terms a whole lot worse than obese from their peers anyway.

[Redcloak]

How about calling them "Waistline overachievers"?

Aw c'mon... It's nicer than "Hey bucketbutt".

[dakine]

I like the term, lard-ass better...succinct...

[SWAMPSNIPER]

It would be kinder to tell them that they have a disease, lardassosis!

[Mrs. Darla Ruth Schwerin]

The doctors should never be confronting the child directly on this, or any other issue that did not begin with them. By doing so, doctors would be taking the road of the cowardly. Regardless of how tough it all is to do, it is the doctor's job to confront the parent. For it is the lazy habits of the parent that drove the child down the obesity road in the first place. Doctors get paid plenty of $$$$, so it is about time they earned their pay...

[Veto!]

Back in the day, the other kids would make it clear by chanting:

"Fatty fatty two-by-four
Can't get through the bathroom door..."

Anyone know the rest?

[A knight without armor]

"Is it OK for doctors and parents to tell children and teens they're fat? ""

I don't want to shock anyone but children and teens who are fat are routinely called the cruelest names every single day in school. It is not like youngsters who are not formally informed that they are obese go around with no clue. This is the stupidest news story of the day in my opinion.

[tet68]

"Should youngsters be called obese?

NO, I think "Cement Boy" is quite enough.

[after dark]

Doctors should not tell kids they are fat.Most of the kids who are dangerously obese have been made so by parents. Kids do not control what is placed on the table for breakfast and dinner.On the other hand public schools could do some simple things which would help kids keep weight off like schedule exercise and aerobics classes(this would increase the metabolism) in the morning and schedule exercise breaks for kids throughout the day. I have noticed many girls gain weight around puberty. If one of my kids gained a significant amount of weight in a short period of time I would homeschool to insure they were getting enough exercise and eating properly.

[Rakkasan1]

I think youngsters would prefer ebing called
"Fatty Boombalatty".

So what do we call kids who smoke?

[SunkenCiv]

Childhood pastimes are increasingly moving indoors
USA Today | 7/12/2005 | Dennis Cauchon
Posted on 07/03/2006 3:06:46 PM EDT by fgoodwin
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1659818/posts

[SmoothTalker]

They should if its true. Sometimes the truth hurts. If the doctor can find a way to get the kid to shape up then he has done that kid a tremendous favor. I really do worry about the health of the younger generations. We didn't have the sheer number of overweight and obese kids when I was growing up. A big part of that was that kids didn't sit inside staring at screens all day long. They played sports, they tromped through the woods, they rode their bikes. The size of some of the seven and eight year olds I see out in mall's today is outrageous and the parents (who often look little better) deserve a lot of the blame.