> But can’t you be healthy at any weight? No. For an extreme case, it’s impossible to be healthy at 1,000 pounds. You will have diabetes. You will have wrecked

> But can’t you be healthy at any weight? No. For an extreme case, it’s impossible to be healthy at 1,000 pounds. You will have diabetes. You will have wrecked joints. You will have dire circulatory issues. Those things are absolutely guaranteed. Your body can’t support being that size, or processing the amount of food required to become that size. You can be pretty healthy at the low end of the obese range. I could stand to lose a bit of weight, but also hit the gym and run frequently. My labs are just fine. You cannot be healthy at the extreme sizes. Everyone’s body would cross the line somewhere in the middle.