The relationship between obesity and illness is not as simple a causative line as many doctors may claim for reasons of speed/simplicity or ignorance; but neither is it as distant as many would like to believe for reasons of personal comfort or consolation.
Obesity is a marker of risk. It's an imperfect marker, but it is a marker.
If the risk is being addressed via diet/exercise/general good healthcare, then we should move on.
If not, then we shouldn't.
It goes without saying that the absence of obesity in no way indicates an absence of risk.
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Date: 2007-02-07 06:51 pm (UTC)Obesity is a marker of risk. It's an imperfect marker, but it is a marker.
If the risk is being addressed via diet/exercise/general good healthcare, then we should move on.
If not, then we shouldn't.
It goes without saying that the absence of obesity in no way indicates an absence of risk.