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jenx for pointing me to a NY Times article on obesity and morbidity rates that shows that people who are merely "overweight" and not morbidly obese have better mortality rates than people with "ideal" BMIs. It also points out that slightly underweight people also are at risk for worse mortality rates.
This corresponds with much of the research I've done over the last few years. Again, I'm not saying that there's absolutely NO impact on your health if you're over your ideal weight, and being 100 pounds over your ideal weight isn't a good thing for your joints and tendons. However, the supposed risks of being 15-30 pounds over your ideal weight have long been over-hyped.
It's especially embarrassing that the CDC recently had to correct its estimation of deaths caused by obesity by a huge margin because of problems with its methodology.
Yo-yo dieting or assuming that because you're a naturally skinny person that it's OK to be sedentary is WAY worse for your health than being a pudgy person who exercises regularly.
jenx for pointing me to a NY Times article on obesity and morbidity rates that shows that people who are merely "overweight" and not morbidly obese have better mortality rates than people with "ideal" BMIs. It also points out that slightly underweight people also are at risk for worse mortality rates.This corresponds with much of the research I've done over the last few years. Again, I'm not saying that there's absolutely NO impact on your health if you're over your ideal weight, and being 100 pounds over your ideal weight isn't a good thing for your joints and tendons. However, the supposed risks of being 15-30 pounds over your ideal weight have long been over-hyped.
It's especially embarrassing that the CDC recently had to correct its estimation of deaths caused by obesity by a huge margin because of problems with its methodology.
Yo-yo dieting or assuming that because you're a naturally skinny person that it's OK to be sedentary is WAY worse for your health than being a pudgy person who exercises regularly.
