Obesity Myth

August 25, 2008

From my mom’s review of The Obesity Myth:

  • It is healthier (from a mortality standpoint) to be 75 pounds overweight than 5 pounds underweight, if you are moderately active. Moderately active translates to four or five brisk 1/2-hour walks per week.
  • Two persons of the same weight and height can respond to the same food in entirely different ways.
  • Dieting is the problem, not the solution. Persons who go on calorie-restricted diets lose weight, then regain it, and gain more. The more often they diet the more they ultimately gain. There are few exceptions.
  • There is no difference in mortality between persons of average weight and persons of higher weight in terms of overall health, when you control for levels of activity and type of food they eat.

Read her review of The Obesity Myth here >>

Posted by Elaine Vigneault | Filed Under Books, Feminism, Food, Health, Fitness, & Beauty 

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2 Responses to “Obesity Myth”

  1. Judith on August 26th, 2008 8:23 am

    Thanks for including this in your blog. Naturally, I think it is an important subject, given how much misinformation there is.

  2. meerkat on August 29th, 2008 8:49 pm

    Yay, blog is back. Thanks for bringing up this topic. Lots of people will use the “veganism prevents obesity” argument somewhere in their list of why veganism is healthy, but here’s an anecdatum that contradicts that: Vegan for about three years now and my friend’s Wii Fit just informed me that I am obese. I can relate a lot to the part in your mother’s review about representing veganism by being healthy. I also feel pressure to be an excellent cook, but I can’t cook at all.

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