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jaythenerdkid (![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} jaythenerdkid) wrote in ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/community.gif){kind=small} otf_wank, |
Re: Sorry for getting all unfunnybusiness...
Sorry, I didn't realise that we were sharing anecdotal evidence. Would you like me to pull up my case notes on every overweight and obese patient I've seen over the last five years with serious co-morbidities related to their weight?
(Not that they would invalidate your anecdotal evidence - but in the same way, your anecdotal evidence does not invalidate mine.)
Funny thing is, I didn't even say that all people with "overweight" BMIs were unhealthy - rather, I was pointing out that there are quantifiable conditions associated with an unhealthily high body weight. It is a biological fact that the heavier you are, the harder your heart will have to work in order to perfuse your entire body, and that your peripheral vascular resistance will be higher. Being overweight may not be associated with increased morbidity or mortality, but those other things sure are.
Sorry, I didn't realise that we were sharing anecdotal evidence. Would you like me to pull up my case notes on every overweight and obese patient I've seen over the last five years with serious co-morbidities related to their weight?
(Not that they would invalidate your anecdotal evidence - but in the same way, your anecdotal evidence does not invalidate mine.)
Funny thing is, I didn't even say that all people with "overweight" BMIs were unhealthy - rather, I was pointing out that there are quantifiable conditions associated with an unhealthily high body weight. It is a biological fact that the heavier you are, the harder your heart will have to work in order to perfuse your entire body, and that your peripheral vascular resistance will be higher. Being overweight may not be associated with increased morbidity or mortality, but those other things sure are.
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