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AFAIK a plausible thesis for why overweight is correlated with better health is that the extra fat means greater energy stores in times of crisis. Basically, if
by Zarkonnen 11y ago
AFAIK a plausible thesis for why overweight is correlated with better health is that the extra fat means greater energy stores in times of crisis. Basically, if you're thin and you get sick or injured, your body doesn't have the resources to heal itself effectively.
- jfim 11y agoThe article also mentions that there are some confounding factors such as people smoking having lower weight and disease itself being a reason to lose weight.
- buzzdenver 11y agoNot sure about that. Just one pound of fat has the caloric value to sustain you for over a day. 10% BF for males (and 15% for females) is low enough that your mother will probably say that you're too thin. So you could go for a week without ingesting any calories for a week if you were to lose 5% BF while you're sick.