A couple of pounds of extra body fat are not a health risk for most people

This BBC news article goes quite soft in its advice for avoiding being a fat person.

A couple of pounds of extra body fat are not a health risk for most people. But when people keep up a pattern of eating more calories than they burn, more and more fat builds up in their bodies.

I would, personally, not say that. By saying "a couple" you are almost giving permission for the fat person to judge their 2, 3 , 4 , 10 pounds of extra weight as 'not a big problem'. It is a problem. Every pound is a problem. Even a single pound over weight is a problem.

Yeh, yeh I hear you say - what about anorexia - aren't you promoting anorexia by saying that ?

Of course I'm not. Anorexia is a whole different issue. I'm talking about getting DOWN to your TARGET weight, not dropping below that.

Am I inciting people to obsess over what they eat. OF COURSE I AM. You fat people out there should be OBSESSING about what you eat. Do you think sportsmen obsess about what they eat? Have you ever spoken with a boxer on what they eat. These guys are obsessed. If you're fat, you need to start getting a bit more obsessed with your diet. Maybe hold off on dinner. Maybe fast for a few days. It won't kill you. Getting fat is killing you.

Hey, if you get to your target weight, and then keep dropping, lets have a talk then on anorexia. But not before.