Interesting discussion for an introductory thread. Hi Bubbayob, always nice to see new faces. Or "no pizza" signs. It's all good.

Obesity as a disease, healthy at every size--I think both are true. Storing fat isn't unhealthy by definition--but overly fatty liver, heart, kidney, and even fat cells are unhealthy. Two people, same body fat percentage, one person has normal size fat cells, the other oversized fat cells, the second person's fat tissue will be inflamed, putting out peptides and hormones that may cause inflammation and damage elsewhere in the body. My highest bodyweight was 190 pounds, my health was already falling apart.