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The truth about ‘living with obesity’

2 March 2024

9:00 AM

2 March 2024

9:00 AM

It’s been brought to my attention that it is no longer done to describe a person as fat. Better, apparently, to say that they are ‘living with obesity’.

This weasel construction makes obesity sound like a malevolent squatter who refuses to be evicted. Or like a bit of genetic bad luck, such as ‘living with ginger eyelashes’.

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