That diverts attention from a bigger public health problem: declining levels of activity and fitness."
"But I do think the health hazards of the so-called obesity epidemic are overstated.
"I've never said we should just ignore overweight and obesity," Blair tells WebMD. He contributed a blurb to Campos' book cover. Blair, PED, president and CEO of the Cooper Institute, Dallas, is perhaps America's leading advocate for a focus on fitness. Over the long haul they are not successful at losing weight, but these lifestyle changes seem to help." They adopt more active lifestyles, they change diets. These may have positive effects regardless of whether a person is able to maintain weight loss. "And our best speculation as to the reason is there are behaviors that go along with weight loss attempts that are good for you. "What was unexpected was those who tried to lose weight - but didn't - those people had a mortality benefit," Gregg tells WebMD. They found that people who tried to lose weight - and did - live longer than those who don't try to lose weight. Gregg, PhD, led a team that analyzed data from some 6,400 overweight and obese adults. Just a little weight loss - or even no weight loss - was as good as a lot of weight loss."ĬDC data support this idea. "When people do become more physically active and are cognizant of their nutritional intake, they get real health benefits. "The crucial variable was not weight but lifestyle changes - healthy eating and exercise, which seem to be very beneficial whether they produce any weight loss or not," he says. A close reading, he says, leads to a different conclusion. Being in good shape means improving fitness, but we focus on reducing fatness instead.Ĭampos points to several major studies often cited as proof that fat kills. When we think about "getting in shape," the shape we think about is thin. It is this tendency to think in eating-disordered ways that grips American culture." Weight has become a dumping ground for neurotic behavior in the culture as a whole. "It is a form of cultural hysteria in which a risk is tremendously exaggerated. "We are in the grip of a moral panic," Campos tells WebMD.
Perhaps more importantly, he interviewed more than 400 people about their relationship with food, body image, and dieting. He's not a medical doctor - but he can cite medical literature with the best of them. Author Paul Campos, JD, is a University of Colorado law professor. That's the central theme of the new book The Obesity Myth: Why America's Obsession With Weight Is Hazardous to Your Health. The third myth: Anyone who is overweight can - and should - become thin. The second myth: If you weigh more than "normal," you must lose weight to be healthy. But the myths we build around it make the problem worse. Critics and experts challenge the goal of thinness as unrealistic and unnecessary they say fitness is better for health in the long runĪug.
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