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Maybe being overweight is bad for the immune system

It is well known that you have higher levels of inflammation if overweight, which generally worsens your immune response.

I see I got downvoted. This is well established and not controversial at all. Lots of research supports it.

From https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4791086/

There is strong evidence indicating that excess adiposity negatively impacts immune function and host defence in obese individuals.

Adipose tissue is body fat.

More references:

- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S216183132...

- https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/14/7/856

- https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC296995/

I suggest discussing it with your favorite AI if you doubt it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

huge if true

That's a known fact. That's why the first thing doctors say to overweight people is to lose weight for pretty much any disease. Some get hurt and blame the doctors, which doesn't help them.

So, "Huge if true" is a meme based on "journalism"

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