Scientist now think that being overweight is good for you So someone on my FB just posted this...please tell me this article is a joke I mean they talked about HAES and Linda Bacon even! Other researchers have found that Health at Every Size, when compared with a weight-loss approach, leads to lower cholesterol, blood pressure, and other metabolic markers. “We’re so stuck on the fact that the only way to mediate health is through weight,” says Linda Bacon, a nutrition professor at University of California, San Francisco and author of a book on the approach.