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===Medical criticism=== Human health is a multi-faceted issue; more and more rigorous scientific research reveals the relationship between weight and health is complex.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Kang |first1=Xingping |last2=Shaw |first2=Leslee J. |last3=Hayes |first3=Sean W. |last4=Hachamovitch |first4=Rory |last5=Abidov |first5=Aiden |last6=Cohen |first6=Ishac |last7=Friedman |first7=John D. |last8=Thomson |first8=Louise E.J. |last9=Polk |first9=Donna |last10=Germano |first10=Guido |last11=Berman |first11=Daniel S. |date=April 2006 |title=Impact of Body Mass Index on Cardiac Mortality in Patients With Known or Suspected Coronary Artery Disease Undergoing Myocardial Perfusion Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0735109706001604 |journal=Journal of the American College of Cardiology |language=en |volume=47 |issue=7 |pages=1418β1426 |doi=10.1016/j.jacc.2005.11.062|pmid=16580531 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Guo |first1=Fangjian |last2=Garvey |first2=W. Timothy |date=February 2016 |title=Cardiometabolic disease risk in metabolically healthy and unhealthy obesity: Stability of metabolic health status in adults |journal=Obesity |language=en |volume=24 |issue=2 |pages=516β525 |doi=10.1002/oby.21344 |issn=1930-7381 |pmc=4731253 |pmid=26719125}}</ref> The fat acceptance movement has been criticized for not adding value to the debate over human health, with some critics accusing the movement of "promoting a lifestyle that can have dire health consequences".<ref name="ABC2012" /><ref name="The New York Times"/><ref name="articles.cnn.com"/> There is a considerable amount of evidence that being obese is connected to increased all-cause mortality and diseases,<ref>{{cite journal | url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19111150/ | pmid=19111150 | year=2008 | last1=Gorgievska-Sukarovska | first1=B. | last2=LipozenciΔ | first2=J. | last3=Susac | first3=A. | title=Obesity and allergic diseases | journal=Acta Dermatovenerologica Croatica | volume=16 | issue=4 | pages=231β235 }}</ref> and significant weight loss (>10%), using a variety of diets, improves or reverses [[metabolic syndrome]]s and [[Obesity-associated morbidity|other health outcomes]] associated with obesity.<ref name="USGuidelines2013">{{cite journal |last1=Jensen |first1=MD |last2=Ryan |first2=DH |last3=Apovian |first3=CM |last4=Ard |first4=JD |last5=Comuzzie |first5=AG |last6=Donato |first6=KA |last7=Hu |first7=FB |last8=Hubbard |first8=VS |last9=Jakicic |first9=JM |last10=Kushner |first10=RF |last11=Loria |first11=CM |last12=Millen |first12=BE |last13=Nonas |first13=CA |last14=Pi-Sunyer |first14=FX |last15=Stevens |first15=J |last16=Stevens |first16=VJ |last17=Wadden |first17=TA |last18=Wolfe |first18=BM |last19=Yanovski |first19=SZ |last20=Jordan |first20=HS |last21=Kendall |first21=KA |last22=Lux |first22=LJ |last23=Mentor-Marcel |first23=R |last24=Morgan |first24=LC |last25=Trisolini |first25=MG |last26=Wnek |first26=J |last27=Anderson |first27=JL |last28=Halperin |first28=JL |last29=Albert |first29=NM |last30=Bozkurt |first30=B |last31=Brindis |first31=RG |last32=Curtis |first32=LH |last33=DeMets |first33=D |last34=Hochman |first34=JS |last35=Kovacs |first35=RJ |last36=Ohman |first36=EM |last37=Pressler |first37=SJ |last38=Sellke |first38=FW |last39=Shen |first39=WK |last40=Smith SC |first40=Jr |last41=Tomaselli |first41=GF |last42=American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice |first42=Guidelines. |last43=Obesity |first43=Society. |title=2013 AHA/ACC/TOS guideline for the management of overweight and obesity in adults: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines and The Obesity Society. |journal=Circulation |date=24 June 2014 |volume=129 |issue=25 Suppl 2 |pages=S102-38 |doi=10.1161/01.cir.0000437739.71477.ee |pmid=24222017 |pmc=5819889 |type=Professional society guideline}}</ref><ref name="Thom2017">{{cite journal |last1=Thom |first1=G |last2=Lean |first2=M |title=Is There an Optimal Diet for Weight Management and Metabolic Health? |journal=Gastroenterology |date=May 2017 |volume=152 |issue=7 |pages=1739β1751 |doi=10.1053/j.gastro.2017.01.056 |pmid=28214525 |type=Review |url=http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/137779/7/137779.pdf}}</ref><ref name="Kuchkuntla2018">{{cite journal |last1=Kuchkuntla |first1=AR |last2=Limketkai |first2=B |last3=Nanda |first3=S |last4=Hurt |first4=RT |last5=Mundi |first5=MS |title=Fad Diets: Hype or Hope? |journal=Current Nutrition Reports |date=December 2018 |volume=7 |issue=4 |pages=310β323 |doi=10.1007/s13668-018-0242-1 |pmid=30168044 |s2cid=52132504 |type=Review}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Obesity and overweight |url=https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/obesity-and-overweight |publisher=World Health Organization |language=en |year=2018}}</ref> Barry Franklin, director of a cardio rehab facility, stated: "I don't want to take on any specific organization but... A social movement that would suggest health at any size in many respects can be misleading."<ref name="Worth2013" /> Franklin also agrees that fit people who are obese have cardiovascular mortality rates that are lower than thin, unfit people, and proponents of the fat acceptance movement argue that people of all shapes and sizes can choose behaviors that support their fitness and physical health.<ref name="Worth2013">{{cite web |last=Worth |first=Tammy |title=Is the Fat Acceptance Movement Bad for Our Health? |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/01/06/fat.acceptance/index.html?_s=PM:HEALTH |publisher=[[CNN]] |access-date=30 June 2013 |archive-date=5 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505043008/http://edition.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/01/06/fat.acceptance/index.html?_s=PM:HEALTH |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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