Non-paywalled link to summary of article: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/overweight-and-healthy-is-a-big-fat-lie-obesity-study-finds-pqc3bzjz7 https://www.t

Non-paywalled link to summary of article: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/overweight-and-healthy-is-a-big-fat-lie-obesity-study-finds-pqc3bzjz7 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/overweight-and-healthy-is... In the study, the bottom group by activity contains 63% of the population, while the bottom group by obesity contains only 18% of the population. So shifting from bottom to middle by obesity is a bigger move than shifting from bottom to middle by activity level. Not sure the author is comparing apples with apples here. In reality, we need to be aware of what lifestyle changes we can sustainably make given our particular circumstances, whatever the whole-population results might look like. To quote the author, “Fighting obesity and inactivity is equally important; it should be a joint battle. Weight loss should remain a primary target for health policies together with promoting active lifestyles".