5/19/2023 0 Comments Paul campos the obesity myth![]() ![]() Of course, Oprah is both fabulously wealthy and a famously driven and hardworking person. (“Normal” weight for her is supposedly below 155 pounds she’s currently “obese”). Oprah is between 5-foot-6 and 5-foot-7, so it’s worth noting that, even when she’s in a thin period, she’s almost always “overweight” according to the government’s preposterous definitions. ![]() Three years ago, during a thin cycle, she weighed 160 today she weighs 200. Her weight has fluctuated between 150 pounds (she achieved this about 20 years ago, by losing 67 pounds after eating no solid food for several months) and 237 pounds. Oprah’s three-decade-long battle with her body is a classic example of the weight cycling that almost all chronic dieters undergo. ![]() What is Oprah Winfrey’s “normal” weight? This question springs to mind in the wake of the Centers for Disease Control’s announcement this month that about 30 percent of the nation’s adult population is currently at what the CDC defines as a normal weight (according to these definitions, 34 percent of Americans are “obese,” and 33 percent are “overweight.” Three percent of us are supposedly underweight). ![]()
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