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Dec 18, 2022

Does this Study Really Say You Can't Be Fat and Fit?

This is the Weight and Healthcare newsletter! If you appreciate the content here, please consider supporting the newsletter by subscribing and/or sharing! This study came out almost two years ago, but it came up in a talk I gave this week, so I thought I’d post about it. CNN ran a headline that said “Fat but fit’ is a myth when it comes to heart health…

6 months ago · 12 likes · 2 comments · Ragen Chastain

I edited academic journal submissions by professors and proofread a lot from being engaged to a marketing Ph.D. student, to carrying her through a tenureship.

So I’ve read some bullshit.

I myself have a (full-time, not expedited) MBA and have held the title “professor” before on campus. So I’ve come across this type.

I don’t know what her point is here, except to discredit the study somehow and bamboozle the reader with academic, jargony flourishes.

Who does this help, exactly?