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“This is precisely why I think we should take weight loss out of the health discussion. There is so much confusion about weight and health. That causes people to confuse weight loss behaviors with healthy behaviors and that, in turn, causes people to do unhealthy things under the false belief that they will be healthier when they get thinner no matter what they have to do to make it happen. The next thing you know someone’s doctor has convinced them that the healthiest thing that they can do is have their stomach amputated.”

The “…then you lose weight” Debacle. Read the whole blog. It’s short, sweet, and awesome.