Changing the terminology to ‘people with obesity’ won’t reduce stigma against fat people

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 obesity”. These changes are being proposed to recognise that fatness is not about personal choice and that fat shaming and fat stigma are harmful. But this suggested language change is based on the idea obesity is a disease to be cured and fat people are not a natural part of the world. This serves to reinforce stigma, rather than prevent it. Read more: Discrimination against fat people is so endemic, most of us don’t even realise it’s happening How

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