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This comic is the January page in the Collection #1
Chronic Illness Realities Comic Strip Calendar

and the January poster print in the Collection #1
Chronic Illness Realities Comic Poster Calendar

Featured in the Low Carb Frustration comic strip:

Whenever Clock

Low Carb Frustration is a post from: Chronic Illness.org

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This comic is the February page in the Collection #1
Chronic Illness Realities Comic Strip Calendar

and the February poster print in the Collection #1
Chronic Illness Realities Comic Poster Calendar

The Need for a Name Tag While Low-Carb Dieting is a post from: Chronic Illness.org

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According to research done by the National Cancer Institute and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) — which just happens to be the most thorough research on the subject done to date, when a sensible diet results in a few pounds over what those charts tell you is your ideal weight and you find yourself :::gasp!::: :::shudder!::: “overweight,” as long as you’re not obese that may not necessarily be a bad thing.

The most hilarious (and, therefore, the most enjoyable reading I’ve come across on this topic) has to be David Brooks’ Living Longer is the Best Revenge, an op-ed piece in The New York Times. Brooks reminds us that “[t]he release of a report in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) indicating that overweight people actually live longer than normal-weight people represents an important moment in the history of world civilization. It is the moment when we realize that Mother Nature – unlike Ivy League admissions committees – doesn’t like suck-ups.”

Fat and Happy is another op-ed piece about this topic, this one by John Tierney, who says: “Porkers of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your diets!”

It seems that everyone at The New York Times wants to weigh in on this issue: Editorial: You Can Be Too Thin, After All

Once you’ve laughed about the subject, you might want to take a serious (pun intended) look at some information on the issue:

Some Extra Heft May Be Helpful, New Study Says

FULL TEXT – JAMA: Excess Deaths Associated With Underweight, Overweight, and Obesity

Some Extra Heft May Be Helpful, New Study Says, The New York Times

Related Information:

EXTRACT – JAMA: Deaths Attributable to Obesity

ABSTRACT: Secular Trends in Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors According to Body Mass Index in US Adults

Weighty Issues is a post from: Chronic Illness.org

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