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[quote=Anonymous]I think "healthy" in this setting is supposed to be "healthy as can be in the context," not "healthiest overall."

It's acknowledging that someone can be healthier by making certain choices -- and feel good about those choices -- regardless of whether you lose weight. Losing weight isn't the only metric.

And it's acknowledging that making the only goal be losing weight is often a prelude to failure. Would everyone with a lot of extra weight do better overall if -- all things considered -- they weighed less (and that was the only change)? Maybe so. (There is well-replicated evidence that you live longer as mildly overweight, but put that aside for now.)

But if that comes at the cost of an eating disorder and all the medical consequences that come with it, or yo-yo-ing weight up and down, or relying on smoking, or what have you -- [I]maybe not[/I]. Better in those cases to make healthier choices at the weight you are at and not make bad ones because you prize losing weight over everything else.[/quote]

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