GPs and other health professionals should tell people they are fat rather than obese a health minister has said.

Commenting on the publication of GP patient survey results, Dr Andrew Buist, Deputy Chairman of the BMA's Scottish General Practitioners Committee: "These results are testimony to the hard work of GPs and their practice teams across Scotland. For the 90 per cent of patients that rate their care as good or excellent, we must ensure that our standards do not slip. For the 10 per cent who did not ...

GPs and other health professionals should tell people they are fat rather than obese, a health minister said. Anne Milton said the the term fat was more likely to motivate people into losing weight, adding it was important people took "personal responsibility" for their lifestyles.

GPs and other health professionals should tell people they are fat rather than obese, a health minister said today.

GPs and other health professionals should tell people they are fat rather than obese, England's public health minister says.