Fat bodies are not ugly or unattractive to all who see them. Being fat does not make you lazy or stupid. Many regain more weight than they lost, this is what researchers call diet-induced obesity . Whatever the adverts tell you, there is currently nothing, no pill, potion, regime or lotion, no operation or diet system that can guarantee a permanent and significant weight loss for everyone. It is quite normal for many people to be fat.
Women are twice as likely as men to be overweight - yet they live longer.
These illnesses affect all sizes of people and are NOT caused by being fat. Nor would they be cured if you could suddenly become thin. Nor are we all created equal when it comes to metabolism. Twelve years later Dr S B Roberts and colleagues were able to prove that three month old babies, indistinguishble as regards skin fold thickness and BMI, had great discrepancies in energy expenditure. These children later became overweight.