Use a high fat ground beef and bread crumbs that'll soak up that fat, and I'm sure many would consider that unhealthy.
Use lean meat and something else as filler (oatmeal is common when trying to fill out meat) and it would be less unhealthy, but far more prone to error, resulting in perhaps a tasteless brick.
Never read on meatloaf, but I'm sure a publication would go the "easier but fattier" route.
It's not a mindset, any more than gravity is a mindset.
A moderate amount, especially lean, is considered a net health positive by the vast majority of the relevant professionals.
> A moderate amount, especially lean, is considered a net health positive by the vast majority of the relevant professionals.
I don't think that's true, but how do you define "net health positive". My understanding is that you are better off without it, but a little won't kill you.