> Conflating health and weight-loss is an unhealthy (pun intended) obsession of the media and society writ large.
Being overweight and diabetes are comorbidities of nearly everything, and are comorbidities of each-other for that matter. People are more overweight than ever. If anything there is not nearly enough alarm, and far too much normalization of the increasing status quo.
> Lots of people do in fact need to gain weight to become healthier.
Approximately 1.5% of US adults are underweight. Approximately 73.6% are overweight or obese.
Being overweight and diabetes are comorbidities of nearly everything, and are comorbidities of each-other for that matter. People are more overweight than ever. If anything there is not nearly enough alarm, and far too much normalization of the increasing status quo.
> Lots of people do in fact need to gain weight to become healthier.
Approximately 1.5% of US adults are underweight. Approximately 73.6% are overweight or obese.