I suspect that a healthy weight is even lower than what those BMI calculators would indicate
What’s your basis for this? The lowest death rate is in the “overweight” category, and while there are a lot of confounders for that, if you’re eating and exercising reasonably and in a sustainable manner, I wouldn’t automatically assume the things you need to do to lose weight are healthier than maintaining your current habits.
I don’t have a strong basis. Unfortunately it is all very vague. A lot of it is coming from preconceived notions I have surrounding health. Things I’ve heard throughout my life.
One thing is that I recall reading something about how being heavier speeds up the aging process.
From first principles, fat’s purpose is energy storage but in the modern world we don’t really need energy storage.
I don’t have a good understanding of this, but I feel like when you gain weight, ie you eat enough where your body stores stuff as fat instead of immediately using it for energy, doesn’t that end up doing bad things to your cardiovascular system? Plaque buildup in arteries?
If there are any resources you can point me to that would be awesome.
What’s your basis for this? The lowest death rate is in the “overweight” category, and while there are a lot of confounders for that, if you’re eating and exercising reasonably and in a sustainable manner, I wouldn’t automatically assume the things you need to do to lose weight are healthier than maintaining your current habits.
I don’t have a strong basis. Unfortunately it is all very vague. A lot of it is coming from preconceived notions I have surrounding health. Things I’ve heard throughout my life.
One thing is that I recall reading something about how being heavier speeds up the aging process.
From first principles, fat’s purpose is energy storage but in the modern world we don’t really need energy storage.
I don’t have a good understanding of this, but I feel like when you gain weight, ie you eat enough where your body stores stuff as fat instead of immediately using it for energy, doesn’t that end up doing bad things to your cardiovascular system? Plaque buildup in arteries?
If there are any resources you can point me to that would be awesome.