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Anon travels overseas (europe.pub)
submitted 10 months ago by [M] to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 28 points 10 months ago (7 children)

Fat isn't unhealthy. Excess calories and absence of exercise is not healthy.

Also the U.K. population is unhealthy just like the U.S.

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  • [–] 10 points 10 months ago* (5 children)

    Yes! Fat by itself isn't unhealthy.

    The best example is Italy, it has the lowest obesity rate of Europe, (1) but also has the highest consumption of cooking oil of Europe (2)

    I was surprised in Italy when I saw how much olive oil they used while cooking. For me oil was just like a cooking aid so stuff does not stick to the pan, in Italian cuisine olive oil is not just an aid, it's part of the ingredients

    1. European Obesity Rates by Country 2025. (2025-11-14). World Population Review.
    2. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2024);Eurostat, OECD, IMF, and World Bank (2025)
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  • [–] -4 points 10 months ago* (4 children)

    BMI is also a bad measure of health. It only roughly estimates how statistically unhealthy someone would be if they were an american in the middle 20th Century. Bodies can be healthy at any size. Exercise helps.

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  • [–] 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

    That's true to a point. Extra fat based weight is harmful that's just a medical fact.

    How much is too much for a specific individual can be somewhat variable, and body composition matters.

    BMI as a tool can be clunky and not ideal at times, but if you're more than 1 point off the healthy range and you're not a body builder your health will be impacted (over time).

    I'm overweight myself, but I don't try to convince myself I'm in peak condition.

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago*

    For country-level data, there is nothing wrong with BMI. There is at best a low single digit percentage of the population who is athletic enough that they're BMI-overweight without actually being fat.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    What's crazy to me is that sumo wrestlers aren't actually fat, they eat and exercise in a certain way that the fat only builds up on the outside, not in their heart or anything that would cause health problems. So it's more accurate to say they have fat but are incredibly healthy.

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