Your Weight is Not Your Health

The global weight loss industry will be worth $400 billion by 2030. And while most people who are trying to lose weight will say they're doing it for their health, your weight is not a good indicator of how healthy you are. In this episode we discuss how people started to equate weight with health, the role of excess body fat (and not weight) in health, what you need body fat for and when changes in weight are good and when they're not.

References cited in this podcast:

Canadian Adult Obesity Clinical Practice Guidelines: https://obesitycanada.ca/guidelines/

Weight Circumference and All-cause Mortality in a Large US Cohort: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/775594