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SF Chronicle article: LOSING WEIGHT IS BAD FOR YOU
Finally, a study proving what we've suspected all along. Of course, the diet industry and the "researchers" in its pocket are going to accuse this study of having the same flaws in method that their own work has. And there are still going to be articles saying "everyone knows being fat is bad for you therefore we're not going to back it up with anything and instead focus on the effects of illnesses that we blame on fat even though there's no good evidence to support it." You know why the studies claiming that fat is bad get the results they do (apart from deliberate distortion)? Because fat people are more likely to have been on weight-loss diets! The vast majority of dieters (doctors admit that it's something like 95%) gain back all the weight and then some. They get chronic diseases from dieting, not from being fat! The only reason why most people won't accept this obvious conclusion is because fat has replaced dark skin as the thing about which it's still OK to be prejudiced.
But the tide is, gradually, turning.
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pirate_athletesSF Chronicle article: LOSING WEIGHT IS BAD FOR YOU
Finally, a study proving what we've suspected all along. Of course, the diet industry and the "researchers" in its pocket are going to accuse this study of having the same flaws in method that their own work has. And there are still going to be articles saying "everyone knows being fat is bad for you therefore we're not going to back it up with anything and instead focus on the effects of illnesses that we blame on fat even though there's no good evidence to support it." You know why the studies claiming that fat is bad get the results they do (apart from deliberate distortion)? Because fat people are more likely to have been on weight-loss diets! The vast majority of dieters (doctors admit that it's something like 95%) gain back all the weight and then some. They get chronic diseases from dieting, not from being fat! The only reason why most people won't accept this obvious conclusion is because fat has replaced dark skin as the thing about which it's still OK to be prejudiced.
But the tide is, gradually, turning.
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kissmyass_cosmo
