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Obese vs Antifat - What's the difference?

obese | antifat |

As adjectives the difference between obese and antifat

is that obese is obese while antifat is (dated) counteracting fat; having a slimming effect; antiobesity.

As a noun obese

is an obese person.

obese

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Extremely overweight, especially: weighing more than 20% (for men) or 25% (for women) over their ideal weight determined by height and build; or, having a body mass index over 30 kg/m2.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * obesity * obeses

    Phrases

    * morbidly obese * super obese

    See also

    * fat ----

    antifat

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (dated) Counteracting fat; having a slimming effect; antiobesity.
  • * 1911 , Alois Pick, Clinical symptomatology?
    • However, in the prolonged antifat treatment, even if slowly performed, one never succeeds entirely...
  • Opposed to obese people; fattist.
  • * 2007 , Lesli J Favor, Weighing in: Nutrition and Weight Management?
    • From their study, Latner and Stunkard concluded that antifat attitudes are getting worse.