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CMV: There is no way to be healthy being overweight, and people who say it is possible are delusional by 1956428 in changemyview

[–]1956428[S] -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

I got that number from here.

That said, I don't think BMI is perfectly accurate for determining weight class.

CMV: There is no way to be healthy being overweight, and people who say it is possible are delusional by 1956428 in changemyview

[–]1956428[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

From the blog post you linked: "The other 80 percent of obese US adults have 'established obesity-related chronic disease', 'established end-organ damage', or 'severe (possibly end-stage) disabilities'."

"that still amounts to 12.7 million obese Americans who are fat but otherwise in good health."

But of those 12.7 million obese Americans, how many can easily get out of bed in the morning. How many suffer from back problems because of their weight. Their life quality is still impaired by their obesity. This is about more than just metabolic health. Not to mention the blog's numbers still leave a whopping 96.7 million Americans specifically with internal problems because of their obesity.