“Healthy obesity” doesn’t exist. It is unequivocally bad for you

Re:“Healthy obesity” doesn’t exist. It is unequivocally bad ... by inglor_cz on Sunday March 12, 2023 @01:21PM (#35123008)

"there are plenty of people who have "healthy obesity", on account of muscle mass."

The sheer amount of muscle you would need to exceed BMI 30 (obesity threshold) is pretty rare to see "in the wild" and you have to ask how many such people abused steroids etc. to grow so muscular. Natural Homo sapiens build is fairly lean, we are no Neanderthals.

A very fit guy from a normal city gym may have BMI in the overweight territory (so, say, 26-27), but > 30 is too much.

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Re:“Healthy obesity” doesn’t exist. It is unequivocally bad ... by NineStarPoint on Sunday March 12, 2023 @01:42PM (#35123379)

Yeah I think a lot of people confuse the overweight category with the obese category in these discussions.

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Re:“Healthy obesity” doesn’t exist. It is unequivocally bad ... by DiscourseFan on Sunday March 12, 2023 @11:58PM (#35130837)

I think you're imagining that they have an insane amount of muscle with low body fat, but I'm saying somebody who could be at the higher end of healthy body fat but with plenty of muscle might actually be overweight or even obese by BMI, even if they are perfectly healthy.

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