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British schools ban the word "obese"

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Aug 5th 2008 3:00PM

Officials in the UK have chosen to ban the word "obese" from letters being sent to parents about their children's weight. Instead the parents of these children will receive a letter saying such children are "very overweight." The move is being called ...

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