
On 'obesity,' trauma triggers, and the sphere of legitimate controversy (E59)
The Adam Ragusea Podcast
Adiposity-Based Chronic Disease
Obesity is a word that gets misapplied in the healthcare world all the time. There are better, more scientific terms that we could use that don't have such a harmful connotation. Adiposity-based chronic disease sounds pretty good to me. Not just because it is untainted by past objectionable uses,. But also because it is more precise. The problem isn't weight. It's body fat.
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