Because I hear that all the time but a Dr. will say your obese
people dont know the differece
because there weight isnt what its suppose to be and they mistake it wrongly.
I chose this, because being overweight isn't the same as being obese.
Because.
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People are so used to seeing overweight and obese people that they often times may think someone is "just" overweight, when they are actually obese.
Because very few people want to consider themselves obese, or are aware how low the ranking is to be considered obese and consequently underrepresent their weight.
Lesser of two evils. If I'm just overweight then it's not as big a deal as if I were actually obese. Obesity brings the connotation of morbidity.
