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Originally Posted by WovenGalaxy
To add to what they said, we live in a weight obsessed society. It is in and of itself, disordered. You can be thin and unhealthy physically. You can be fat and healthy. I'd rather be thin and healthy, bc of the world I live in, my next best choice is overweight and healthy. I believe its possible.
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That seems to be a popular trend, but I totally disagree with the concept that you can be (considerably) overweight and healthy, though decline in health is often slow. Aside from physical stress on your joints, which impacts posture, which impacts soft tissues, then impacts breathing, weight gain messes up your hormones and nearly always leads to bodily dysfunction in time.
Read about leptin. Leptin sensitivity dysfunction is highly associated with breathing drive. With impaired breathing drive, people don't get deep sleep. Without deep sleep, the body-especially the brain- breaks down slowly. It's a vicous cycle.
Only one example of many.