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October-17-07

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Posted at 2:08 pm in News, Passing Thoughts and Pointless Musings

I’ve just discovered, via an article about British fire departments considering charging to rescue fat people from hospitals and nursing homes, that “bariatric” is the medical term for obese. I thought obese was the medical term for obese.

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  1. Pooka
    October 21st, 2007 at 2:11 pm

    Nope, it’s bariatric. “Obese” is the buzzword.


  2. Ben
    October 21st, 2007 at 3:20 pm

    Indeed! You learn something new every day.


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