Eli5: Why is being skinny healthier than being fat?

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I mean shouldn’t the extremes of both end be equally harming to a person? why do skinny/underweight people and fat/overweight people not have the the same amount of health issues?

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They do, speaking as someone who went through rapid weight loss with my depression. I was sickly, really weak and deficient in like every vitamin, I would feel dizzy if I stood up too quickly. Fortunately I was not severely underweight and so I didn’t have the worst issues. I’m pretty sure researching the consequences of eating disorders and extreme starvation could give you all the answers you need.

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