"overweight" as a noun

Michael K. Gottlieb michael.gottlieb at YALE.EDU
Tue Feb 8 19:22:16 UTC 2000


Is anyone familiar with the use of "overweight" as a noun?  I've
encountered it twice this week in place of "obesity" from public health
types.   "The problem of overweight in America," for instance, as well as
"the client's overweight..."



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