> Not to mention that there are plenty of healthy overweight people This is only true in the most disingenuous of interpretations and look purely at BMI. The "

> Not to mention that there are plenty of healthy overweight people This is only true in the most disingenuous of interpretations and look purely at BMI. The "health overweight" people are nearly exclusively those with significant lean body mass from the hypertrophy induced by resistance training. If it's fat pushing you into the overweight category, you're almost certainly unhealthy in a variety of manners. Insulin resistance, lipid profiles, blood sugar, arterial calcification, visceral fat pressing on organs, etc. etc. etc. all the way to less obvious ones like high estrogen levels in men causing issues with mood, etc. Being overweight is one of the worst things you can do to your health.