I find two things really hard to write about: obesity and mental health This blog is about both We know obesity is bad for you. What to do about it? That's much harder What we do know is that shame DOES NOT WORKhttps://medium.com/@gidmk/obesity-is-bad-for-your-health-b21439caa543 …
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People should lose weight, if they have excess fat This does not make it ok to shame them, nor does it mean we can ignore the impacts of society on their health
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Surely it’s your high body fat which has implications? Your BMI is just a shitty proxy for thay.
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BMI is a non-perfect but decent proxy for body fat
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Health risk associated with weight has been found to be mitigated by health behaviours (moderate alcohol, not smoking, physical activity and nutrition). Matheson EM, et al. J Am Board Fam Med. 2012 Jan-Feb.pic.twitter.com/WuqQYwg6dZ
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And fitness has been found to be more important than fatness. Gaesser GA, et al. Curr Sports Med Rep. 2015 Jul-Augpic.twitter.com/0UzCXWi5y6
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