askchapo

I have some nitpicks, firstly vegetable based protein is extremely cheap in most places I've seen. I think when you say protein you really mean animal products?

Re obesity and health it's more complicated. At extremes being fat is inarguably detrimental, but a lot of medical focus is myopic and population trends cannot necessarily be directly applied to individuals. Like personally I'm thin, have been my whole life, I'm also active and almost every joint in my body is shot because I'm hypermobile and weak. Meanwhile my wife is a bit chubby and has been her whole life, she's inactive but strong. Her skeleton is in much better condition. Bloodswise we're ok but my liver is slightly damaged from alcoholism. If you looked at us you'd probably say that I look healthier, but that's because fatness of overemphasised. She is definitely much healthier and will likely outlive me and enjoy much greater quality of life.

She might be even healthier if she lost some weight, maybe she would develop an ED and be way worse off. She'd probably be much healthier if she started each day with 5 km run but no doctor ever asks her about that, or me whether I've considered started running or weight training at a regular health check. Many doctors talk to her about weight loss. This bias, and focus on something visually apparent is not really justified.