Is skinny better than fat?
From a health point of view, neither skinny nor fat is ideal. Being obese certainly carries a lot of health risks, as we now know from the media bombardment we’ve had over the last few years. But being too thin (which is what ‘skinny’ is) has its own drawbacks. The body needs a certain amount of fat to function properly (for example, the brain is largely fatty tissue and needs certain fatty nutrients in order to function properly). Too-low body fat can result in unwanted effects on the body’s hormonal levels. Make no mistake, the healthy option for weight loss lies in that ‘happy medium’ area. ‘Neither too fat nor too thin be’, would be a good slogan here.
