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why are obese people called healthy ?

They are anything but healthy 馃??
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Willomk146-50, M
So firstly how do you define if someone is obese or overweight, these days there is an abundance of equipment that can measure the percentage body fat but mostly we use BMI .this can be problematic as the man who came up with this was an astronomer some 200+ years ago and most science had moved on from there.
It is possible to be overweight or obese and have no other health problems just as you can slim with health problems. Especially if the person is young.
However as you age the extra wear and tear of carting too much weight will begin to show and health conditions can mount up thick and fast.
At very high weights a person can go down very quickly in the dangerous age of late 30s to 50s this is where the most super obese tend to be lost