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Re:Rare Mutation Kills Off Gene Responsible For Diabetes by nevvvermind on Monday March 03, 2014 @02:43AM (#7332525)
Oh, I see. So synonyms of the word "fat" have real medical definitions. I think it's just that "fat" doesn't sound pretentious enough, so it's not clinical.
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Re:Rare Mutation Kills Off Gene Responsible For Diabetes by irremediable on Monday March 03, 2014 @09:06AM (#7333727)
They don't mean precisely the same thing. "Overweight" and "obese" can be defined, as categories, according to BMI, WHR, body fat percentage or similar. "Fat" is a lot less clearly definable.
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