My sister has a cat that is really overweight and she is insisting that obese is not the same thing as fat. But as I recall, obese is the P.C. term for fat. am I correct?
2006-06-27 15:45:34 · 21 answers · asked by amshamah 3 in Pets ➔ Cats
yes, obese is the techinical name for fat, it is the science name for it or doctor or whatever, it is the same thing
2006-06-27 15:48:09 · answer #1 · answered by Pandora Tommorow 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, they're not the same thing. Obese is extremely overweight, and people can be described as "fat" without being that far over a healthy weight.
Basically, "fat" is a subjective term to be defined by the user (you may find a girl who is 5'4 and 160 pounds fat, and I may only think she's fat if she's over 200), while "obese" is a medical term.
2006-06-27 22:50:36 · answer #2 · answered by Not Allie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
While fat is a general definition, I believe obesity is a more specific term. Also after obesity there's "morbid obesity" which I believe is defined as having more than 50 kilograms of weight that has to be lost.
2006-06-27 22:49:09 · answer #3 · answered by virgo77 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Obese is a technical term referring (in humans) to a body fat index over 30.
2006-06-27 22:50:34 · answer #4 · answered by Mr. B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it depends on how you classify "fat"! Obese is extremely fat and there is morbidly obese where they are so overweight they could die from that... fat typically is obese but most people think that a few extra pounds are fat as well... and it's not! just when they are extremely overweight and/or on the brink of dying from it...
2006-06-28 12:48:13 · answer #5 · answered by Fatty McButterpants 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In a sense yes, yet technically no.
Obese can be refering to someone who is over their "suggested" weight, but not yet so over-weight that they're in danger of having heart failure or something serious like that.
Fat is usually told to someone/something that is extremely over-weight, and who is really in danger of heart-attacks and what-not. Sometimes people in school and what not just call anyone/anything, that's bigger than they think they/it should be, fat.
Most Doctors don't just call some extremely majorly over-weight person "fat" .... they tell them they are "extremely Obese".
Me and my friends used to point at posters in school (during election days for student council) of seventh graders that were over-weight, and say it was "obscene obesity" .... But .... now we feel really bad about it ... so we stopped.
2006-06-27 23:00:38 · answer #6 · answered by Lyssa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
FAT-
overweight: having a body weight greater than is considered desirable or advisable
OBESE-
overweight: extremely or unhealthily fat or overweight
i think you are fat, and get fatter, in order to become obese.
2006-06-27 22:57:48 · answer #7 · answered by em. :] 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pretty much, except that obese is usually used to refer to More Fat.
2006-06-27 23:10:41 · answer #8 · answered by Tigger 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes obese is just a nicer way of saying fat
2006-06-27 22:48:09 · answer #9 · answered by mrsfalloutboy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes,obese is extremely overweight.
2006-06-27 22:47:38 · answer #10 · answered by Toddacanda 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋