Dec 06
Fat and Happy
The Weight Story No One Wants to Talk About
The implication of these finding, which barely registered in the news cycle, are significant. They suggest that most American need not worry about being too fat, since most mortality is associated with BMI’s in excess of 35. Even mine is nowhere near that!
The findings suggest that the continual message from the government and the public health community to lose weight or to be as thin as possible lacks a credible scientific basis. And they suggest that it is those who weigh too little whose plight deserves attention.
Not that I couldn’t stand to lose a ::cough:: few pound ::cough:: but I’m fairly healthy for my age. I have slightly elevated blood pressure which would probably be normal if I quit smoking, no heart blockages (confirmed by a cardiac cath, because I did flunk two stress tests. The cardiologist informed at the time that many women flunk those tests because their breasts interfere with the readings.)
My main health problem is still the benign meningioma which I chose to treat with radiation instead of surgery. The symptoms will have to get much, much worse before I’ll let anyone drill into my skull and play around with what little brain I have left.
