This is confusing

jyotinaik

When it’s good to be fat
:noway: http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/pure-genius/q-a-when-its-good-to-be-fat/8800?tag=nl.e660&s_cid=e660

Restybaby2012

Ive always been so far ahead of my time

~sigh~

mangobadango

There is good and bad in everything. When I was diagnosed with cancer as a teenager the doctors did state that it was a good thing I was overweight so I had weight to lose during the illness. If I didn't have the extra weight to lose the whole 2 years of chemo would have been more difficult.

I look at it this way, if your BMI puts you at overweight, not obese, and you are exercising and eating healthy it is theoretically okay. But it is also good be in a healthy BMI range.

Personally, I will not stay overweight/obese just in case I get sick.

rodneyderrick

There are multiple factors at play on this subject, but sometimes doctors don't handle high blood pressure and diabetes in a vigorous manner when a patient is at a normal weight. Some people, even though they aren't obese, are genetically predisposed to certain conditions like diabetes, cancers, and heart disease. We automatically expect a healthier looking person to be able to pull more than his or her weight, even if they aren't that healthy.

farrari17

It's not when you read it. Basically, when you're overweight and slightly obese, your body can cope with more because you're body can take more hits. Fat is energy storage and cushioning. If you're diabetic, and as it says, toward the end you lose weight. If you're already overweight, that's not a big deal, your body can handle that better. If you're in the healthy range or underweight, your body can't handle that weight loss as well and it tends to be more damaging. Underweight can be just as dangerous and unhealthy as overweight, possibly moreso because in general, underweight individuals are more vulnerable because they have less energy stores and less fat.

Keep in mind, that fat is essential. You need fat stores.

The main thing this article mentions though is fitness level. Fitness level is the more important factor. If you're heavy and more physically fit, you do much better than heavy and not physically fit, or healthy and not physically fit. Weight is tricky because it can be misleading. A fit person can be classified as overweight or obese when they're not. Muscle weighs more than fat, so if you have a large percentage of muscle to fat, you'll be heavier. They mentioned waist circumference as a better measure of obesity over BMI because BMI is very broad and general, it does tell the whole story.

Takeaway: Become physically fit and worry about measurements, not weight, and you can be healthier overall.

The title of that article is misleading just so it can get more readers.

jyotinaik

There are multiple factors at play on this subject, but sometimes doctors don't handle high blood pressure and diabetes in a vigorous manner when a patient is at a normal weight. Some people, even though they aren't obese, are genetically predisposed to certain conditions like diabetes, cancers, and heart disease. We automatically expect a healthier looking person to be able to pull more than his or her weight, even if they aren't that healthy.

That is so true for me. I weigh 140lbs at 5'-6" and I have inherited all kinds of health problems even though I excercise regularly :ohwell:

peuglow

BMI is such a crock anyway. They should be comparing BF% over BMI. Then I'd be curious about the results.

WhyLime113

Here's the big problem: BMI
It's looking at BMI primarily, and nothing else. BMI is not a great indicator of things like health. It gives you a small diea about fat, but even that's not entirely accurate, as people with big muscles will have a high BMI and pass for obese.
You can have a really high or low BMI and still be a very healthy weight. You can have the "ideal" BMI but be extremely unhealthy.

Overall, being thicker is not a problem. Anyone who says being a big thicker is a surefire way to being unhealthy probably doesn't know what they're talking about. So that's probably where your confusion comes from. You've probably thought being big means being unhealthy, when it doesn't. Overall, what matters is eating right, moving around enough, and developing good health habits, such as sleeping enough, seeing your doctor regularly, and maintaining things like stress. Maintaining good levels of fat, muscle, etc, comes with this and your body will do what it needs to do.

Also, don't worry about what health problems are associated with certain weights. Those get really complicated because there's so much involved. Maintaining health, again, is way more important in preventing that stuff.