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The issue with overweight is that everyone's natural weight is different. So it feels like you're comparing them to some random assigned standard.
If it's due to a medical condition or genetics then they aren't above their expected weight. They're above what you consider a "normal" weight.
It's entirely too subjective to have any general meaning.
Overweight can mean "over the weight that is healthy for this individual".
Literally my point. You can't know what that is from looking at a person. So when you say that about someone who you don't know you are comparing them to some subjective predefined weight.
We're also talking about children here. Carrying puppy fat doesn't mean they're unhealthy.
My friend at school was always chubby but he was an incredibly fit rugby player.
We're not talking about puppy fat here. The girl in the article gained 100 lb of fat and then lost half her body weight after surgery. You can't say "we can't call her overweight because that might be healthy for her".
Come on dude.
Overweight literally means over the weight that you should be. If you have a high BMI but are super muscly then you aren't overweight.
Measurements that only account for BMI might say you are but that's just a limitation of the measurement method. You can use body fat measurement, hip waist ratios etc. to get a more precise idea of whether you are overweight.
There's no issue with the word "overweight" anyway.
Exactly my point, thank you. You can't tell what weight someone should be without knowing all those things.
So calling someone overweight without those is completely subjective. Therefor the OC I was replying to is wrong that the word overweight was appropriate and exactly why they worded it the way they did.
As I replied to the other commenter. I had a friend in school who was chubby in appearance and would have suffered the bias this post is talking about but he was insanely healthy and not overweight if you correctly measured his muscles and build.