Does being overweight mean you're unhealthy? Unpacking the arguments for and against this controversial topic.
, and diabetes. For this reason,"healthy at any size" is a social movement, not science. Universal screening and treatment of overweight and obesity in both youth and adult populations are vital despite some adverse consequences that may occur.2). Research clearly shows that body weight and body mass index values are poor indicators of individual health. Worse, when weight and BMI are used as a proxy for a person's health status, numerous and substantial harms can result.
and bias, and the mass prescription of weight loss treatments that are often unnecessary and usually ineffective.Now that we know on which side of the debate you may already be leaning, let's examine the evidence to learn whether it reinforces or changes your initial position.Excess body-fat is demonstrably unhealthy.
differences. Biological women, on average, have significantly higher body-fat levels than biological men. If body-fat was unhealthy, women should experience higher rates, for example, of cardiovascular disease than men.. The second argument is a rare condition called lipodystrophy . People with lipodystrophy usually haverates of metabolic diseases. Instead of obesity or body-fat, what the science really shows is unhealthy is visceral fat Argument 2: Body-fat measurement.
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