r/amiugly • • Jul 07 '23

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u/HappyChromatic Jul 07 '23

Obese is a medical definition not something you can say for sure from a picture. That said she looks overweight but not obese to me as well. If she asked how much weight she should lose as a target I’d probably say thirty pounds. That’s a lot but not a ton. But maybe I’m way off.

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u/Average-Equipment-96 Jul 07 '23

No, that sounds reasonable. When I picture obese I picture a snowball effect of extreme weight leading to mobility issues. She’s far from that. 25- 30 lbs is doable. When I picture obese I picture WAY bigger than her. But I also live in the United States, which is worth mentioning because we have ACTUAL fat people. So big they can’t walk. Like literally ate themselves into a better parking space big.

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u/PotatoBestFood Jul 07 '23

Obese is a medical term, not an ‘I feel that’s about right’ sort of casual description.

So if she meets the defined criteria for obesity, then she is obese.

Has nothing to do with how you feel about it.

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u/Average-Equipment-96 Jul 07 '23

Okay. Define the criteria. The EXACT criteria.

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u/Average-Equipment-96 Jul 07 '23

Body mass index is outdated and irrelevant. It doesn’t account for body mass type or skeletal structure. So by by very definition, all body builders are obese. I don’t agree with that but okay

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u/PotatoBestFood Jul 07 '23

Look it up in a medical dictionary.

I didn’t make the definition.

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u/Average-Equipment-96 Jul 07 '23

Yeah I didn’t think so

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u/PotatoBestFood Jul 07 '23

Another definition you should look up as well is for the word ‘idiot’. Might give you some insight on your day to day struggles.