What weight neutral language do you recommend to be used for charting in patients with obesity to avoid further medical stigmatization?

This is an interesting question which I have seen tackled in multiple ways by different providers, which I believe are all valid. There is a more common method of noting obesity as a condition rather than a characteristic of the patient. For example, "A patient with PMHx of Obesity" rather than "An obese patient". This separates the diagnosis from the patient and presents it as something they are trying to manage or deal with as a chronic condition rather than a character flaw. The second method is a more destigmatizing language approach where you present the disease as something more objective. This includes options such as "BMI 30-35", "Excess weight", "Adiposity due to excess calories". I personally use the first method more as a means t...