Food fats aren't bad. So call them chubby or overweight or whatever you want. Using the word fat, when fat refers to a food product, gives dumb people the impression that fat is a bad thing.
Do you get this concept?
"Thin" isnt a food group. Short and tall, also not food groups.
That a good diet includes some fat is orthogonal.
These are two completely different meanings of the word though? Are you arguing that they need to carry the same semantics?
Should we not call smart people "bright", because people might think light bulbs are intelligent too?
Also, if I call someone fat, that might be demeaning. But it also might just be a description.
Of course nobody wants a negative description applied to them, and it might make them sad, but it's not because of the word we're using: it's because we're ascribing that description to them.
Thin, short and tall are all just straight adjectives. Them being that doesn't invalidate the double meaning of fat and somehow (by your logic) the word itself.
"Fat" is an insult. It isnt hard to understand. Is it factually true that an obese person is 'fat', sure. It is still generally regarded as an insult.
Most of these replies are coming from idiots. This is both factual and an insult.
I havent made any remarks defending obesity or suggesting we need to curtail efforts of obese people to control their weight
Calling a character in a kids book "fat" doesnt help kids stay healthy and fit. Insulting and shaming kids doesnt help them stay healthy and fit. Their parents probably feed them garbage and have made poor lifestyle decisions.
It is really simple.