mikeccolella Posted January 8, 2018 Report Share Posted January 8, 2018 https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/08/is-fat-bad/536652/ 10 years ago I thought the obesity paradox would be resolved by now, but massive amounts of data leave it as it is: an association that continues to bewilder scientists???? My take continues to be metformin, HBP meds and statins etc. IOWs medicine ameloriates the negative effects of overweight while leaving the advantages intact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomBAvoider Posted January 8, 2018 Report Share Posted January 8, 2018 That article is from Aug 2017. There's been a rash of new studies and metastudies recently (within the last couple of months) which seem to show that the obesity paradox is an illusion, although there is still some question as to whether being overweight might not be an advantage in case you have heart surgery. On the other hand even the recent studies also continue to show that being undeweight is a big negative - as that's often a marker for malnutrition, latent disease, smoking etc., there are just too few CRONies and the health nuts to push the needle on statistical studies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeccolella Posted January 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2018 Yeah I call it the merry go round of nutritional science. Round and round we go. For now it seems the paradox is on the other side, but wait and seewhat the next meta analysis etc. reveals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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