male only Daily Dose Of Bs: Being A Skinny Is Much More Unhealthy Than Being Fat – New Study

[Rootman 1,101]

Well, how much you wanna bet the writers of this article are obese?

Being a skinny is much more unhealthy than being fat – new study

http://www.theregist..._obesity_study/

[SV2 57]

The author used the word "fatties"?! Wtf?

That passes for journalism?

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[minaleigh 95]

Anorexic and bulimic, maybe, but healthily skinny? No!

[AliveAgain 283]

Whenever I see overgeneralized "conclusions" in a title like that, I tend to steer clear of giving it much credence. Granted, I read it just to see if it had ANY interesting finds, but fell flat. The fact is you can be unhealthy or healthy at any size, depending on your definition of healthy -- physical, mental, or otherwise. I was obese for many years before anything showed up on blood or other diagnostic tests, and I actually had doctors who looked at me and would tell me, "I really expected to find SOMETHING with your weight problem." Aghast that I didn't have high blood pressure, high blood sugar, high cholesterol, or other "common" factors they look for with the obese.

[minaleigh 95]

I was obese for many years before anything showed up on blood or other diagnostic tests, and I actually had doctors who looked at me and would tell me, "I really expected to find SOMETHING with your weight problem." Aghast that I didn't have high blood pressure, high blood sugar, high cholesterol, or other "common" factors they look for with the obese.

Same with me emlefe. I'm only 22 but have been overweight/obese since I was 9. My blood pressure was textbook perfect, no high cholesterol, and even though my mom swore up and down I was diabetic, I wasn't.