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GGG · 01-06-2017, 11:38 AM

http://www.slate.com/articles/health...healthier.html

Its slate so some inherent bias and the article is written with an agenda but it links some excellent peer-reviewed research that questions the underlying assumption that obesity is inherently bad and skinniness is inherently good.

I think people accept without sufficient evidence that obesity CAUSES rather than correlates with diseases and that weight loss will reduce the risk of these diseases in people who were previously obese.

01-06-2017, 11:38 AM	#142
GGG Franchise Player Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: California Exp:	http://www.slate.com/articles/health...healthier.html Its slate so some inherent bias and the article is written with an agenda but it links some excellent peer-reviewed research that questions the underlying assumption that obesity is inherently bad and skinniness is inherently good. I think people accept without sufficient evidence that obesity CAUSES rather than correlates with diseases and that weight loss will reduce the risk of these diseases in people who were previously obese.