army1987 comments on Be Happier - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 17 April 2012 03:16:19PM 2 points [-]

So, from the fact that underweight people are less healthy than neither-underweight-nor-overweight people it doesn't follow that overweight people are also healthier than neither-underweight-nor-overweight people, and hence that there's no good reason (other than signalling) for people to not want to be overweight, does it? (Or am I misunderstanding what the whole issue is about?)