Hi Gretchen. I would never say that to my granddaughter but that word in the title caught the eye of the reader. Of all the titles I tried, that was the one with the highest points. I don't think I used "fat" again in the rest of the article. I know I used chubby. Sorry. I agree it's a very negative label. But it's tough to get readers to look at your articles without an interesting title.

I did expound on my point of childhood obesity.