There is little doubt among mainstream health professionals that being truly obese is a health hazard. But what about the borderline plump? The mildly pudgy? All those people with BMIs between 25 and 29, who according to the charts are overweight?<br />
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Government health agencies often lump all degrees of overweight together, noting for instance that more than 60 percent of Americans are too heavy. But more than half of these people — roughly one-third of all Americans and 800 million people worldwide — are overweight but not obese.<br />
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"A completely phony category" is what University of Colorado attorney Paul Campos calls overweight. He is author of "The Obesity Myth" and argues that the real health problem is too little exercise, not too much weight.<br />
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