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Is Being Fat Bad For You?

Maintenance Phase

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The Obesity Paradox

obesity causes 365,000 deaths a year but reduces them by 86,000. This is what they call the obesity paradox. Catherine flegel says it's just like, maybe it's not universally bad for you. It actually makes a lot of sense that under certain circumstances, for certain people, being a little bit fatter is actually better for mortality.

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