What it mean of my doctor to call me fat?

I went to the doctor on Friday. My doctor is an "In Your Face" doctor. Like she will be on you and she is very strict. She got in my face flat out told me, "I have to be brutally blunt. You're fat. You are this close to diabetes, damn it! Lay off the junk food! Just lay off. You need to lose weight and your cutting is out of control. Stop that shit." I said, "I'm not fat! I'm just big boned." She said, "That's just an excuse. You are fat." I argued and said, "People are accepting bug girls! Also I-" she interrupted me and short back at me, "Unless you wanna keep making lame excuses and end up om the 600 pound life, I suggest you to care about your health." I couldn't say anything else. She really offended me and hurt me but she didn't care. I'm 5'3 and 266lbs. Was she right to call me fat? Doctors aren't suppose to body shame their patients. I don't know if I want to go back to that doctor. She is my primary care doctor unfortunately.

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kyky16 · 22-25, F

She shouldn’t have spoken to you like that. She should of just said you need to exercise for your health because you are at risk of blah blah blah. However she is right. At you height you shouldn’t weigh that much unless you are a body builder. And your excess fat could lead to health issues and cause you to have a heart attack or stroke at a young Age. You could simply start off by cutting out soda and junk food and also walk a mile a day after work or school. Then once your body adjust to that, cut out all processed food and eat all fresh food and walk one and a half miles. You will drop weight. And you should also drink at least 3 liters of water a day and eat 5 times a day but eat smaller portions. It’s very simple and not that hard actually