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Skinny fat is not nearly as metabolically unhealthy as fat fat.

• rafaelmn 2y ago
  No argument here - just saying it's still not the endgame. Lean/ripped combo - now that's something I'd subscribe to/inject for regularly.
• queuebert 2y ago
  Fat fat can better survive the coming post-AGI apocalyptic famines.
  • wwweston 2y ago
    Turns out it can also be useful during a personal apocalypse: having recently lost about 35lbs from emergency chest-cracking surgery, ended up pretty glad I wasn't at my leanest going into it (sadly, more of the weight lost was probably muscle wasting/deconditioning than fat stores, but on balance it was probably good I had at least 15lbs of fat stores to burn).
• azinman2 2y ago
  It’s actually worse in terms of metabolic disease, surprisingly. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/metabolic-syndrome/multimedia/apple-and-pear-body-shapes/img-20006114#:~:text=People%20who%20have%20metabolic%20syndrome,of%20weight%20around%20their%20abdomens https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/metabolic-syn....