Can You Be Overweight but Healthy?

Dr. Richard Besser weighs in on a controversial new book called the "The Obesity Paradox."

[cosmickitty]

Problem: america is too fat
Solution: lower our standards

[misterman]

jogs for 15 minutes

rewards self with 2 large pizzas, a chocolate cake and 2 liters of diet coke

[NamiberGames]

losing weight by exercising is meh but losing weight by eating better is more important

[meganworsham]

Both extremes are unhealthy, you need a little fat, but not so much where you break your back getting out of bed....

[ej_l]

This doctor is sugarcoating everything. My bmi is on healthy weight but my im still not healthy because my bodyfat is like 30%.

[xin]

Exercising 9 hours a week and still fat. ur doing something wrong girl

[notsusoranythingbut]

Heavier only means healthier if you are looking at muscle since its denser than fat...

[Krazzy]

fat and fit is like smoking cigarettes and being healthy

[chloweful]

"Stop fearing fat" Uhmm... riiight I'd rather not have to waddle.

[JK-ztym]

Basically this doctor figured out the classic method of "if you tell people what you want to hear they will eat it up" and wrote a book to get rich.

[vannymarquez]

LMAO that "more fit " woman looked like she was about to pass out from those what? 50 pounds? I'm dead 😂😂😂

[teknodisko]

So if you smoke and don't have any negative symptoms your healthy? Even if you smoke and work out? makes sense

[esmeraldaclaudette]

I don't think being overweight is healthy but if your overweight and active and eat healthy then your more healthier than a person who mainly eats junk food and are not able to run .

[alitanwir]

"Heavier means healthier" bruh

[SickSkilz]

A mile in 15 minutes is a perfect goal if you are younger than 7 or older than 70.

[Burstangel]

Fat and fit dosn't mean Fat and healthy. When you work out 9 hours a week and don't eat junk you lose weight, end of story

[Dlahusen]

Lol.. I guess there is a lot of money to try to rationalize obesity to fat people.

[ThePriscillaKaridis]

As an underweight sufferer of hyperthyroidism, I will admit that most of my overweight friends were more fit than me. They had more muscle mass beneath the fat. I had no fat and no muscle. THIS is a stupid rationalization. Being over AND under-weight is NOT "fit". Gain or lose, healthily.

[savannahmccoy]

Ok here's what I think. Being at normal weight is probably the best and healthiest thing to do...if your slightly underweight that's ok and being slightly overweight that's ok too, especially if you have a lot of mussels or whatever . All that matters is that what your eating is relatively or mostly healthy and that you get some sort of daily exercise even it's just walking for twenty minutes. However, if you are extremely underweight or obese, or at any weight in which you have health problems because of it, then that is not okay. You shouldn't need a extra seat belt or not be able to fit in a booth at a restaurant.

[marymaddox]

If you have little body fat you aren't fat. Generally, BMI is still a good tool. It's only inaccurate for children, the elderly, and elite athletes.