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Is obesity always bad for your health?
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Generally yes.: True, there is a population of people called "healthy fat" who are overweight but are pretty functional and have no real medical ills, but it's generally well accepted that obesity is unhealthy and leads to myriad medical problems.
Answered 9/28/2016
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