Tag: lean

• Fitness vs. Fatness: Is it better to be skinny vs fit?

  

  Is it better to be skinny vs fit? If you’re a couch potato but thin is that okay? Or is being in good shape, even if you have a few extra pounds better for you? For more than two decades, debate has raged over whether it’s better to be skinny or fit. It was a…

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• Is it okay to be overweight?

  

  Is being a few pounds overweight actually better for you? According to a number of studies in the past few years, the answer is yes. One study reported ideal weight carries a higher risk for early death than being overweight, suggesting being overweight may actually be protective. Some have taken this and similar studies to…

  Dr. Scott Lear

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• Just Because Someone is Thin, Doesn’t Mean They’re Healthy

  

  We all know that one person; you know, the one who can eat all they want and stay lean, thin, skinny or whatever you want to call it, all without exercising. Who knows, maybe that is you. We look at them with envy and maybe even with daggers in our eyes. They’re admired in social…

  Dr. Scott Lear

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