1

Scientific evidence

Submitted by Guest on May 4, 2007 - 15:17.

Unless there is scienfitic evidence to the contrary, I'm going to keep believing that losing weight is largely beneficial.

It's fairly recent and I'm afraid I can't provide references, but results were released last year from studies which suggest that it's healthier to be fat and active than skinny and inactive.

Based on this, I believe that many, if not most, of the problems typically associated with excess weight are, in fact, caused by lack of activity rather than by being overweight. Previous studies simply failed to control for activity level, probably because weight is so much easier to observe.

Reply

Please keep the comments civil and on-topic. Abusive or inappropriate comments will be removed without warning. By posting here you agree to our terms of use.

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
If you leave a link (include the http:// part), your name will be linked to your homepage.

You may use some HTML for formatting: <strong>bold text</strong>, <em>italics</em>, and <a href="">for links</a>. Empty lines are automatically converted to paragraph breaks.

Or click the link above that says 'enable rich-text' to use the fancy editor.

Captcha
This question is for testing whether you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.
4 + 0 =
Solve this simple math problem and enter the result. E.g. for 1+3, enter 4.

Have more to say? Join the discussions at Wise Bread's Finance and Frugality Forums.

Finance Blogs - Blog Top Sites