• Isoprenoid
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    2 months ago

    Overweight can mean “over the weight that is healthy for this individual”.

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      2 months ago

      Literally my point. You can’t know what that is from looking at a person. So when you say that about someone who you don’t know you are comparing them to some subjective predefined weight.

      We’re also talking about children here. Carrying puppy fat doesn’t mean they’re unhealthy.

      My friend at school was always chubby but he was an incredibly fit rugby player.

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        2 months ago

        Carrying puppy fat doesn’t mean they’re unhealthy.

        We’re not talking about puppy fat here. The girl in the article gained 100 lb of fat and then lost half her body weight after surgery. You can’t say “we can’t call her overweight because that might be healthy for her”.

        Come on dude.