Most of us think that longevity hinges on maintaining a normal Body Mass Index. But research conducted over the last decade hit the media in January with explosive news: Overweight and even moderately obese people with certain chronic diseases—from heart disease to cancer— often live longer and fare better than normalweight individuals with the same ailments. In this groundbreaking book, Carl Lavie, MD, reveals the science behind the obesity paradox and shows us how to achieve maximum health rather than minimum weight. Lavie not only explains how extra fat provides additional fuel to help fight illness, he also argues that we’ve gotten so used to framing health issues in terms of obesity that we overlook other potential causes of disease. Picking up where the bestseller Fat Chance left off, The Obesity Paradox will change the conversation about fat—and what it means to be healthy.
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“‘Fat isn’t always bad. And exercise isn’t always good,’ cardiologist
Lavie writes in his introduction to this thoughtful examination of what
society deems a healthy weight. That pat statement is the crux of the
‘obesity paradox’: overweight and even moderately obese patients often
live longer and fare better than their thinner counterparts when it
comes to chronic diseases, cancers, and even HIV…Readers hoping for a
free ticket to all-you-can-eat ice cream or permission to tear up their
gym card will be disappointed, but those who’ve focused on
numbers—whether body mass or weight—will likely find solace and sound
advice here.”
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Publishers Weekly