New Study: Being a Skinny Is Much More Unhealthy Than Being Fat
10th July 2012
Yet another study has shown that the so-called “obesity” epidemic sweeping the wealthy nations of the world has been massively over-hyped, as new results show that is is far more dangerous to be assessed as “underweight” than it is to be assessed even as “severely obese” – let alone merely “obese” or “overweight”.
“There is currently a widespread belief that any degree of overweight or obesity increases the risk of death, however our findings suggest this may not be the case,” says health prof Anthony Jerant, lead author of the study. “In the six-year timeframe of our evaluation, we found that only severe obesity was associated with an increased risk of death.”
Everything the Voices of the Crust tell you is wrong … but you knew that.
July 10th, 2012 at 06:48
I’m reminded of the apocryphal Mark Twain quote regarding regular exercise:
“Personally, I’ve never seen the therapeutic benefit of being tired all the time.”