Terms always change. This is because it gives a lot of people necessary employment. Take this business of changing the names of cities and countries. Take the terms which are no longer kosher (like ‘handicapped’, ‘housewife’, etc.). Has the world or reality changed because we employ new terms? Clearly, no one will claim that, except the political shouting class that live on such gimmicks.
(B, a young patient who was 165 kgs, before surgery)
The same applies to ‘morbid obesity’. We call this ‘Clinically Severe Obesity’ now. Allegedly because the term ‘morbid’ is negatively prejudiced against the obese. Some time soon, they will replace the term ‘obese’ and call it ‘adiposely challenged’ or something, I have no doubt!
All said and done, what does it change? Does it change the fact that obesity kills more people than most other diseases today? If you want to know why obesity is not considered being healthy, have a look at this list of diseases associated with it. The term we use is ‘co-morbidity’.
(from Gen Surg News)
