You are finger. No, I have fingers. You are leg. No, I have legs. You are pancreas. No, I have a pancreas. You are fat. Hmm … Now let’s try this with disease processes: You are diabetes. No, I have diabetes. You are cancer. No, I have cancer. You are anorexia. No, I have anorexia.
A case for changing the way we talk about obesity originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
