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> I mean it's not like it's doing them anything Being overweight is very bad for your health. http://www.healthline.com/health-news/heart-excess-weight-raises

• tptacek 13y ago
  Being apparently mildly overweight when you're an 11 year old girl is probably not a health problem, because, again, puberty.
• king_jester 13y ago
  That article indicates, from a single study, that being overweight without MetS brings a slightly higher risk of heart disease compared to non-overweight persons without MetS. While interesting, this hardly qualifies as being overweight = bad for your health.
  • ye 13y ago
    Dismissing a study based on it being single is idiotic. The study was based on 71 ,527 individuals, it is statistically significant. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24217719 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24217719 Let me guess, you're obese?
    • gizmo686 13y ago
      A difference of 10^-100% is statistically significant with a large enough sample size. The question of actual significance is how relevant is the measured difference. Statistical significance asks how likely it is that the difference actually exists.
    • king_jester 13y ago
      > Dismissing a study based on it being single is idiotic. I am not dismissing this study. It is interesting and has merit as a study. > The study was based on 71 ,527 individuals, it is statistically significant. I am not disputing the study or its methodology, only that drawing a final conclusion about weight and heart health from a single study is generally a bad idea. Meta analysis of studies on being overweight and obese (EDIT: by BMI category) have shown different conclusions on the impact to health. This is covered under that linked news story paragraph titled 'Mixed Results from Previous Studies'. > Let me guess, you're obese? Not at all, I'm not even overweight. (EDIT: By BMI, I don't meet those categories. BMI is a horrible metric).