Changing the terminology to 'people with obesity' won't reduce stigma against fat people
- Written by Cat Pausé, Senior Lecturer in Human Development, Massey University
Fat activists argue fat is the most appropriate word to describe their bodies.Yulia Grigoryeva/ShutterstockThe British Psychological Society is calling for changes for how we talk about fatness, suggesting we should no longer use the phrase “obese people”, but instead, “people with obesity” or “people living with...
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