Monday, July 03, 2006
"Experts Debate Labeling Children Obese"
AP
Obese "sounds mean. It doesn't sound good," said Trisha Leu, 17, who thinks the proposed change [to use more direct terminology in diagnosing children] is a bad idea.
The Wheeling, Ill., teen has lost 60 pounds since March as part of an adolescent obesity surgery study at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
"When you're young, you don't understand what obese means," Leu said. "I still don't understand it."
