Can You Be Both Fat And Healthy?

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Can An Obese Person Be In Good Health?

In case you haven't seen it, there's a body positive movement that's been sweeping the United States. Its claims? That all bodies are beautiful, and that overweight people can be in perfectly good health. 
We agree, larger bodies are beautiful too. But while there clearly is a huge and very harmful stigma surrounding overweight bodies, there is also some skepticism surrounding these "fat but fit" claims. So what does science have to say about it?