Are there any advantages of obesity?

No: There are no advantages to obesity. Increased adipose cells (fat cells) produce at least 170 know inflammatory producing hormones. Obesity spurs progression of all inflammatory based disease processes including osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, atherosclerosis, gout, kidney stones, gall stones, psoriasis, fungal infections, dementia, etc.

Obesity paradox: A major mystery in medical research is the observation that despite its many problems, obesity predicts better outcomes in cardiopulmonary illness, this is called the obesity paradox and it is a heavily debated topic.

No.: There are really no health benefits to obesity..

Yes: you die early and there will be lot of suffering in the way !! I am not kidding. On a different note,the only advantage is you are less prone to fractures in your legs because the bones become stronger carrying so much weight.But your VITAMIN D must be above 40 to prevent this fractures.THERE IS NO OTHER BENEFIT TO CARRYING SO MUCH FAT and in fact it is very very detrimental to your health.