Weight hate is wrong — but we must remember it’s bad to be overweight

It is important recognise that if you are more than mildly overweight then there is something wrong with your body

Forgive me, but as a former fat person whose weight still goes up and down, I’m OK with “fat”.

Obesity is useful, too, since it’s a medical term to describe people who are so overweight that their health is at risk.

But “living with obesity” is jargon. And even worse is the ludicrous (I’m tempted to say fatuous) comparison to individuals genuinely living with something they didn’t choose. We don’t choose to be men or women, straight or gay, though that doesn’t mean we’re unhappy about it.