Why is it considered unhealthy if someone is overweight even if all their blood tests, blood pressure, etc. all come back at healthy levels?

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Assumimg that being overweight is due to fat, not muscle.

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Just from an orthopedic standpoint:

For every 10lbs you tack on, you increase knee joint compressive forces by 30-60lbs. If you’re adding muscle, assuming you’re not skipping leg day, the muscle gained can mitigate this by strengthening and protecting the joint…to an extent.

Fat though? It only hurts you.

This is why you see guys who are chronically overweight and obese with absolutely destroyed knees and backs, despite not doing anything physically strenuous their entire lives. By 40-45, sometimes earlier, they’re permanently fucked up.

As for your example with obese but with good labs…that doesn’t last long. For many, by the time they hit 30, the labs are already going to shit. They’ll have full blown T2DM with CVD and all the trimmings soon enough.