I can’t believe I’m posting this on this board, but the World Health Organization does have subgroups of obesity, based on body mass index. They are: severe, morbid and super, which correspond to Class I, Class II and Class III obesity. I wonder what the reaction would have been if the OP had used the term “super obese”. By the way, the WHO characterizes super obesity, or Class III obesity as someone whose BMI is greater than 50.
But of course, you can’t look at someone and know what their BMI is.
So, I don’t have a strong objection to the adjective of “grossly” to modify obese, as it seems to be a reasonably perceived “unscientific” description. |
