Obesity Paradox Illusion

[ecstatichamster]

These studies are largely worthless. And relative risks are low anyway. I think there is a lot of evidence that health is possible even with being a bit fat. And fat is very protective as you age. Not too much obviously.

I think robust health that maintains itself despite environmental or nutritional change, metabolic inertia, is probably quite healthy.

 

[Mito]

About-Face on 'Obesity Paradox': Extra Fat Does Raise Risk of Death

Here is a graph from the study: Weight History And All-Cause And Cause-Specific Mortality

 

[lollipop]

I think robust health that maintains itself despite environmental or nutritional change, metabolic inertia, is probably quite healthy.

@ecstatichamster
This makes so much intuitive sense to me. Seems much more an indicator of real health - adaptability. If a large life stressor completely derails someone's health, was it the stressor? Or the actual hidden tenuous health before the stressor.

 

[ecstatichamster]

@ecstatichamster
This makes so much intuitive sense to me. Seems much more an indicator of real health - adaptability. If a large life stressor completely derails someone's health, was it the stressor? Or the actual hidden tenuous health before the stressor.

it can work both ways...it's hard to make changes that matter. I read people who use one drop of something and freak out. I have 20 drops and don't feel a thing.

 

[Tarmander]

it can work both ways...it's hard to make changes that matter. I read people who use one drop of something and freak out. I have 20 drops and don't feel a thing.

Ha that's me...I'm on 1/10th a drop of androsterone and I feel it.

 

[SonOfEurope]

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[SonOfEurope]

BMI is so old school

It's worthless, a 180cm, 100kg couch potato with 20% BF is just as "obese" as a 175cm, 95kg bodybuilder at 12% Bf.... Absurd.