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

Re:“Healthy obesity” doesn’t exist. It is unequivocally bad ... by CM30 on Sunday March 12, 2023 @05:13PM (#35126378)

> 1. Historically being fat was considered a sign of good health. Of course, this was during times of massive food scarcity and the definition of fat was probably very different from what we consider fat today.

Wasn't it more a sign of being wealthy and successful? Like if you were fat, it meant you could afford to spend a lot of money/effort on getting food and didn't need to do difficult work outside for 8+ hours a day?

Not sure people were calling it healthy, so much as treating it like a status symbol (because it kinda was).

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Re:“Healthy obesity” doesn’t exist. It is unequivocally bad ... by naniwaduni on Sunday March 12, 2023 @05:30PM (#35126545)

Not having trouble getting food is, de facto, healthy if having trouble getting food is most people's baseline. You're drawing the distinction in a way that only makes sense from a modern perspective.

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Re:“Healthy obesity” doesn’t exist. It is unequivocally bad ... by rrrrrrrrrrrryan on Monday March 13, 2023 @01:23PM (#35139047)

There was a professor at my university who initiated to America from India when he was around 20 years old, and ended up accomplishing some great things in his field. People often asked him why he moved to America, expecting some story about believing in oneself, following your dreams, etc.

He always responded: "I just wanted to move to a place where the poor people were fat."

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