Young people in other countries are remarkably thinner than Americans

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Anonymous wrote:Seems to me that overall, people are fatter than they used to be. There are even overweight mannikins now -- saw one in Target.

Normal weight people are so rare that chubby people are telling them that they are too thin and need to gain weight.
(Guess how I know!)

I've heard people say that their doctor told them it was good to carry extra weight in case they got ill, so it would take longer for their illness to make them underweight.

Hopefully that's not common, because so many illnesses are caused or exacerbated by overweight or sedentary living.

Meanwhile, I'll try to ignore the fear mongers and won't tell people that they re too fat and need to lose a few pounds. That's a non-no, but apparently, the opposite is completely acceptable these days.

It's true. The BMI with the lowest all-cause mortality rate is now 27, up from 24 in the 1970s, which is considered overweight.

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2520627

slightly overweight. And that research is not conclusive -- and is not an excuse for becoming obese

It's well-established that people in the "overweight" BMI category have the longest life expectancy. Here is another study: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/02/210202085451.htm

But I know that won't stop you from dumping all over overweight people out of concern for their "health"

Did you read your article?? Because it clearly says this refers to folks who were NOT obese prior to their later years. Now - kids are obese and you don’t adults are obese. No mention of the quality of these fat folks lives either. Propped up on health care that everyone else pays for. It’s all about cost to me - and your excuses and taking a critical piece of info from article and acting like it matters is poor. This article is basically - hey, everyone is fat - but okay - wait until later to be obese.

Here's the summary of that article:
"People who start adulthood with a body mass index (BMI) in the normal range and move later in life to being overweight - but never obese - tend to live the longest, a new study suggests. Adults in this category lived longer than even those whose BMI stayed in the normal range throughout their life. Those who started adulthood as obese and continued to add weight had the highest mortality rate."

So, it is measuring people who were never obese and are still not obese. They gained enough to be slightly overweight after a lifetime of being normal weight.

So, please people, don't kid yourselves.

DP. It also says that people are bigger now, and that's okay. Kids are bigger and will be bigger as adults. And they're healthy.

If you look at all the recent studies about healthiest BMI, you'd see that.

DP. Is this only for people that are “bigger” but still within the healthy BMI range? Or are people (including kids) in the overweight range healthy too?

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Anonymous wrote:Seems to me that overall, people are fatter than they used to be. There are even overweight mannikins now -- saw one in Target.

Normal weight people are so rare that chubby people are telling them that they are too thin and need to gain weight.
(Guess how I know!)

I've heard people say that their doctor told them it was good to carry extra weight in case they got ill, so it would take longer for their illness to make them underweight.

Hopefully that's not common, because so many illnesses are caused or exacerbated by overweight or sedentary living.

Meanwhile, I'll try to ignore the fear mongers and won't tell people that they re too fat and need to lose a few pounds. That's a non-no, but apparently, the opposite is completely acceptable these days.

It's true. The BMI with the lowest all-cause mortality rate is now 27, up from 24 in the 1970s, which is considered overweight.

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2520627

slightly overweight. And that research is not conclusive -- and is not an excuse for becoming obese

It's well-established that people in the "overweight" BMI category have the longest life expectancy. Here is another study: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/02/210202085451.htm

But I know that won't stop you from dumping all over overweight people out of concern for their "health"

Did you read your article?? Because it clearly says this refers to folks who were NOT obese prior to their later years. Now - kids are obese and you don’t adults are obese. No mention of the quality of these fat folks lives either. Propped up on health care that everyone else pays for. It’s all about cost to me - and your excuses and taking a critical piece of info from article and acting like it matters is poor. This article is basically - hey, everyone is fat - but okay - wait until later to be obese.

Here's the summary of that article:
"People who start adulthood with a body mass index (BMI) in the normal range and move later in life to being overweight - but never obese - tend to live the longest, a new study suggests. Adults in this category lived longer than even those whose BMI stayed in the normal range throughout their life. Those who started adulthood as obese and continued to add weight had the highest mortality rate."

So, it is measuring people who were never obese and are still not obese. They gained enough to be slightly overweight after a lifetime of being normal weight.

So, please people, don't kid yourselves.

DP. It also says that people are bigger now, and that's okay. Kids are bigger and will be bigger as adults. And they're healthy.

If you look at all the recent studies about healthiest BMI, you'd see that.

Whatever makes you okay with being fat.

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Anonymous wrote:Seems to me that overall, people are fatter than they used to be. There are even overweight mannikins now -- saw one in Target.

Normal weight people are so rare that chubby people are telling them that they are too thin and need to gain weight.
(Guess how I know!)

I've heard people say that their doctor told them it was good to carry extra weight in case they got ill, so it would take longer for their illness to make them underweight.

Hopefully that's not common, because so many illnesses are caused or exacerbated by overweight or sedentary living.

Meanwhile, I'll try to ignore the fear mongers and won't tell people that they re too fat and need to lose a few pounds. That's a non-no, but apparently, the opposite is completely acceptable these days.

It's true. The BMI with the lowest all-cause mortality rate is now 27, up from 24 in the 1970s, which is considered overweight.

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2520627

slightly overweight. And that research is not conclusive -- and is not an excuse for becoming obese

It's well-established that people in the "overweight" BMI category have the longest life expectancy. Here is another study: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/02/210202085451.htm

But I know that won't stop you from dumping all over overweight people out of concern for their "health"

Did you read your article?? Because it clearly says this refers to folks who were NOT obese prior to their later years. Now - kids are obese and you don’t adults are obese. No mention of the quality of these fat folks lives either. Propped up on health care that everyone else pays for. It’s all about cost to me - and your excuses and taking a critical piece of info from article and acting like it matters is poor. This article is basically - hey, everyone is fat - but okay - wait until later to be obese.

Here's the summary of that article:
"People who start adulthood with a body mass index (BMI) in the normal range and move later in life to being overweight - but never obese - tend to live the longest, a new study suggests. Adults in this category lived longer than even those whose BMI stayed in the normal range throughout their life. Those who started adulthood as obese and continued to add weight had the highest mortality rate."

So, it is measuring people who were never obese and are still not obese. They gained enough to be slightly overweight after a lifetime of being normal weight.

So, please people, don't kid yourselves.

DP. It also says that people are bigger now, and that's okay. Kids are bigger and will be bigger as adults. And they're healthy.

If you look at all the recent studies about healthiest BMI, you'd see that.

Please list the recent studies that show that.

Also -- note the use of "big" and "bigger" to mean fat and fatter. people are even changing the terminology to make themselves feel better about being overweight.