@NicelyManifest @jesse @Strandjunker

Something as simple as "safely get your platoon to this location by a certain time" requires doing math to get it right.

https://dn710301.ca.archive.org/0/items/FM21-181966/FM21-181966.pdf

@ashesx2xashes @Strandjunker

fat liberation activists and eating disorder advocates (among others) do consider "obese"/"obesity" to be a slur. see e.g. https://www.allianceforeatingdisorders.com/obesity-is-fatphobic/

Weight is an arbitrary, inaccurate measure of health. Weight alone does not cause health problems or increase mortality. Many factors can affect body weight. And those that have the most influence are not within an individual’s control, contrary to popular belief about diet and exercise. These include genetics, race, ethnicity, environment, income, and socioeconomic status.

What using the word “ob*sity,” labeling people as “ob*se,” and claiming “ob*sity” as a disease does do is stigmatize fat people. This is what causes serious harm and leads to the very health complications the healthcare community blames on weight–including eating disorders, which do have a very high mortality rate.

the root word of 'obese' is the Latin 'obesus,' literally "to eat until you're fat." the word in itself is therefore stigmatizing to fat people: https://www.etymonline.com/word/obese

I strongly recommend doing more research and listening to more fat liberation activists. medicalized fatphobia has devastating real-world consequences for fat people, and what generally happens is those consequences are turned around on us and we're blamed for our own oppression.