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Wow, no, stunningly wrong. Being underweight is highly correlated with poor health outcomes in seniors. (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16886095/ https://pubm
by perardi 6y ago
Wow, no, stunningly wrong.
Being underweight is highly correlated with poor health outcomes in seniors. (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16886095/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16886095/) Obesity is obviously bad there, but being underweight is just as dangerous.
- tw04 6y ago"In seniors" would be the key word there. For the average American they'd be far, far better off being slightly underweight than being obese.
- perardi 6y agoThe parent comment was “I fail to see how in any world underweight is worse unless its a baby.” Pretty decent chunk of the world is seniors these days.
- coldtea 6y ago"is highly correlated". Correlated, not caused by being underweight. Studies on actual cause has shown the opposite (eating to the point of being underweight raising lifespan).