Claim: "We have a host of issues associated with high B.M.I.s. But correlation doesn't prove causation, and there's a significant body of research showing that weight stigma and weight cycling can explain most if not all of the associations we see between higher weights and poor health outcomes."
Fact-check: High BMI doesn't lead to chronic illnesses, says dietitian
Verdict: barely-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Julie Appleby
Date published: 2019-09-17T00:00:00