I agree, kids can be cruel. But Obese is a clinical diagnosis of a condition, be it through over eating of other medical problems. But because it has become, because of a) the tv and press using the word more and more and b)the incidence of the condition rising to alarming levels, it suddenly becomes a byword for being very overweight, and interpreted then as an insult. Why?? They are obese, and either need to obtain assistance to lose weight or seek the medical help to cure the problem.