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Government bans the word 'obese' to describe overweight children
Times Online ^
Posted on 08/04/2008 1:13:20 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Government bans the word 'obese' to describe overweight children Obesity is a growing problem in the UK
Parents of primary school children will start getting letters in September telling them how fat their children are. But however much they weigh, no child will ever be described as obese.
The Department of Health has found in surveys that the term obese is a turn-off, so instead will use the term “very overweight” for those children whose body mass index exceeds 30, in an attempt to enlist parents’ support.
Primary care trusts have been given a detailed set of instructions, and a sample letter, explaining how to convey to parents the results of the National Child Measurement Programme.
Among other words not to be used is “exercise”. Dr Will Cavendish, Director of Health and Wellbeing at the department, said that this, too, conveyed an unhelpful image to parents. Being “physically active” is preferred.
(Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: bmi; england; fat; fatkids; language; nannystate; obese; obesechildren; obesity; uk; unitedkingdom
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how PC.........
To: Sub-Driver
How long before the word “Overweight” is banned?
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posted on
08/04/2008 1:15:36 PM PDT
by
Coffee200am
("We should all be living in mud huts and riding bicycles to avoid killing the polar bears..."/s)
To: Coffee200am
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posted on
08/04/2008 1:15:56 PM PDT
by
Coffee200am
("We should all be living in mud huts and riding bicycles to avoid killing the polar bears..."/s)
To: Sub-Driver
How about fatty twits?...................
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posted on
08/04/2008 1:16:09 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(If we drill deep enough, we can reach the Saudi oil fields from THIS side..........)
To: Sub-Driver
"How about 'fat bastits?"
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posted on
08/04/2008 1:16:29 PM PDT
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
To: Sub-Driver
So I guess calling them “dump truck” is out too?
To: Sub-Driver
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Overweight, plump, portly, stout, chubby, paunchy, beer-bellied, heavy, bulky, chunky, well-upholstered, well padded, well covered, meaty, fleshy, rotund, broad in the beam; informal tubby, pudgy, beefy, porky, roly-poly, blubbery, corn-fed, abdominous.
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To: Sub-Driver
Larda$$ always works for me.
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posted on
08/04/2008 1:18:48 PM PDT
by
auboy
(Men who cannot deceive others are very often successful at deceiving themselves. Samuel Johnson)
To: Sub-Driver
I’m waiting for “slightly overly caloried, malnourishedly challenged pre-adolescent,” or some other lenghty, yet really soft mannered way of describing obese children.
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posted on
08/04/2008 1:20:25 PM PDT
by
xc1427
(It's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees...Midnight Oil (Power and the Passion))
To: Sub-Driver
More sensitive PC from an England circling the drain.
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posted on
08/04/2008 1:20:57 PM PDT
by
alarm rider
(Peace! through superior fire power....)
To: Sub-Driver
Government bans the word 'obese' to describe overweight children Henceforth..., the term "Gravity Challenged" will be required and all former references to such children will constitute "Hate Speech" and "Hate Thought" the MINISTRY OF TRUTH has decreed!!!
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posted on
08/04/2008 1:23:30 PM PDT
by
ExSES
(the "bottom-line")
To: auboy
Larda$$ always works for me.
Me too.....
To: Sub-Driver
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posted on
08/04/2008 1:24:23 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(I am voting for McCain because he is white.)
To: Sub-Driver
so what is the punishment for using a banned word?
To: Sub-Driver
To: Sub-Driver
Considering the situation AND location. . .
“double-plus weighted” ????
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posted on
08/04/2008 1:25:26 PM PDT
by
Salgak
(Acme Lasers presents: The Energizer Border: I dare you to try and cross it. . .)
To: Jeff Chandler
I prefer “ham beast”. But that would upset the Mooselimbs...
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posted on
08/04/2008 1:25:44 PM PDT
by
Kozak
(Anti Shahada: There is no god named Allah, and Muhammed is a false prophet)
To: Sub-Driver
Boy, is the UK on a downhill slide or what? We had better fight hard or we will soon be following.
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posted on
08/04/2008 1:27:00 PM PDT
by
calex59
To: Sub-Driver
In other news, the word “blimp” has been banned from the English language......
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posted on
08/04/2008 1:28:12 PM PDT
by
Enchante
To: Sub-Driver
I guess “tubby little piglets” would be out of the question then...
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posted on
08/04/2008 1:28:28 PM PDT
by
Nachum
(Obama: creepy you can count on)
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