175: The Science of The Obesity Paradox

Obesity is an epidemic in much of the western world, but is it really all that bad? The Obesity Paradox is the name given to something unexpected that some scientists have found when it comes to how obesity affects health...

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References & Further Reading
Obesity
https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/healthy-weight/bmi-calculator/
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/obesity/
https://www.who.int/health-topics/obesity#tab=tab_1
https://www.bmj.com/content/346/bmj.f1050
https://www.science.org/content/article/obesity-doesn-t-always-mean-ill-health-here-s-what-scientists-are-learning
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25333682-800-have-we-got-the-science-of-obesity-back-to-front/

Obesity Paradox
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/28/well/obesity-paradox-fails-to-hold-up-in-study.html
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2813817/
https://www.nature.com/articles/ijo201799
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40519-019-00815-4
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180315203916.htm
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.28.20082800v1
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7221058/
https://journal.chestnet.org/article/S0012-3692(21)00562-6/fulltext