PCOS codeword for FAT? Medical shitpeople - is PCOS a diagnosis only given to fatties?  Cause I have ovarian cysts and issues with my uterus, but I've never heard the phrase PCOS directed towards me or read it in any personal medical report, and it seems like everyone I hear talking about PCOS happens to be at least fat if not obese. Wiki says: History-taking, specifically for menstrual pattern, obesity, hirsutism and acne. A clinical prediction rule found that these four questions can diagnose PCOS with a sensitivity of 77.1%  Having a heavy period (personal CHECK, at least until I had an ablation) or irregular or absent periods are all faced by different people with PCOS, so I don't know how it's really an indicator, apart from "your period is all fucked up and shit" I have excess hair (yay for tweezers and razors and Nair) but if you actually take time to get rid of the hair, a doctor would not be able to use chin, chest, nipple or treasure trail (like I said; I have excess hair!) as an indicator. Being too lazy to shave or too incapable of shaving because you are fat is not shocking. Also, being fat - similar to being too thin - will increase the risk of having weird periods. So the only differential I see is being FAT.