Maggie's Farm

There is a thing called "the obesity paradox" where overweight people fare better with illness and life's little health issues than those who are equally underweight. Being overweight is not the health problem that is really descriptive of the health issues of someone who is obese. For reasons unclear it is common and appears to be intentional that most people conflate being overweight with being obese. The health issues or lack of them are simply kind of lumped together as though they apply across the spectrum and they do not. Being overweight (let's say 10% t0 25% over ideal weight) may actually be healthy for you while being obese (let's say 50% or more over ideal weight) is bad for your health but more likely a symptom of genetic health problems and not always the cause of those associated problems.