What occasion do you use "obese"?
I am not sure.
is it medical term???
please give me expample sentences with explanations.
do you sometimes use it ?
and also do you have a good idea to memorize it?
many in thank
2007-09-06 14:46:58 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
It is a medical term.. For people who are like 40 or 50 pounds overweight. But usually people will only see people who are like 100 pounds overweight as obese.
"That obese person in the wheelchair will probably have an operation soon."
"My neighbor is obese".
2007-09-06 14:53:46 · answer #1 · answered by regina 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a medical term. It's much more than just 'fat'. And even doctors generally won't call someone obese in front of them or their visitors.
It's generally used when talking about the problem of obesity - as in, a general thing where many people are too fat, not specific people. It's really never used to describe people - it's a very loaded word and would easily be seen as offensive. If you need to identify an obese person (in a crowd or photograph) it's probably better to call them 'big' or you may cause offense.
2007-09-06 14:57:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Obese is used to describe a person who is over weight by more than 20% of their ideal weight. As in, now that I've had my second child and put on 50 pounds, I am certainly obese!
2007-09-06 14:58:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
obese is a medical term in wich your body mass index is above 30%
2007-09-06 14:58:39 · answer #4 · answered by SeArGeNtSeXyTiMe 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personally, I use it almost every week. I'm a nurse in a hospital and when we assess our patients that is one of the terms we can chose to describe a person's abdomen. Normally, I don't usually use it in my everyday vocabulary I just call them big or fat.
2007-09-06 14:56:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its when your BMI is over 30. But BMI isnt a very good measurment of fat because its just a ratio between hight and weight. You may have very low fat %age but weigh a lot because of high mucsle content.
2007-09-06 14:58:01 · answer #6 · answered by Mal777 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
extremely fat , morbidly overweight , twenty pounds over weight is fat , one hundred pounds over is obese .
Main Entry: obese
Pronunciation: O-'bEs
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin obesus, from ob- against + esus, past participle of edere to eat -- more at OB-, EAT
: having excessive body fat
2007-09-06 15:07:25 · answer #7 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i am obese.
you are obese.
they are obese.
your girlfriend is obese.
it basically mean, overly fat.
it's not really a word you need to memorize. just know it enough so if someone says it you would know what they mean.
2007-09-06 14:53:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋