The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
if you if you're have cancer or heart failure or any kind of chronic disease you'll actually live longer if your fat stores are like 20 if you have a bmi of like 27 that's going to do better than a bmi of 20 when you have a chronic illness and there's even even even 20 years 28 is going to do better than 24 as you age based on overall data which is again quite a paradox yes
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the obesity paradox is hard to ignore that low levels of obesity actually seem protective absolutely so if you if you're have cancer or heart failure or any kind of chronic disease you'll actually live longer if your fat stores are like 20 if you have a bmi of like 27 that's going to do better than a bmi of 20 when you have a chronic illness