Gary Brecka explains why "skinny fat" is actually called "normal weight obesity" in research. A social media thread shows the confusion: a young person gets conflicting advice to bulk, cut, or fear extreme weight loss. The internet identifies a real problem but buries it under bad guidance.
I read a thread this week where a kid asked a simple question. Should I eat more or should I eat less? 3 people answered him. The first one said bulk. The second one said cut. The third one told him if he cuts, he'll turn into a 50-pound skeleton. So now he's afraid to eat and he's afraid not to eat and he does neither. There's a new term taking over the internet built around the body they're running from, and it's called skinny fat. So here's why I'm doing this episode. That world is wrong about almost every fix, but they're not wrong about something that's there. They found something real and then buried it under the worst advice on the internet. In the research, this has a name: normal weight obesity.
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