On Being A Little Obese

During a ward round, while discussing about blood pressure measuring and all, the professor brought up that obesity affects the blood pressure reading too.

"...Apart from Medie and (*scanning around*) XXX who are a LITTLE OBESE, the rest of you should be fine..."

Like, I stared at her eyes wide open when she first mentioned my name, what's more with all the intimidation her aura has given, so once your name was mentioned, you should be alert... But to major dismay when she completed her sentence with that two piercing words. Have I really gained so much weight over Raya holidays?

Later on that day, 2 of my group members came to me, bringing up what the professor said. "So funny we tried so hard not to laugh. But she's inconsiderate lor, you're not obese lah. Just slightly overweight lor. When she mentioned XXX's name, her face suddenly changed. One cannot comment about a girl's weight, it's like a taboo... Summore XXX's post-call... poor thing..."

Asian population BMI for obesity is 27 as compared to the caucasian population of 30. Even with the lower cut-off point, I still managed to squeeze my excess below that dreaded figure... I agreed I'm overweight, but being called an obese... It hurts...

Ish.

Can't believe I actually got affected with a comment on my weight. Phuh.

Time to start running again! LOL