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valval • 10/11/2024 • 1 reply • view on HN

Obesity and poor metabolic health is by far the greatest predictor of an early death.


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Teever • 10/11/2024

Yes of course, but the point I'm making is that people who aren't obese aren't necessarily healthy.

People aren't born obese. They get that way through mistreating their body for a long period of time, and it is quite possible for them to die before they become obese to other maladies related to that mistreatment.