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@dawn16 that's not clear at all, certainly can't be determined from the info presented here I go to that kind of clinic too. The split is still a) active people/athletes and b) overweight / obese people, diabetics, etc. There is not usually a lot of overlap between the two groups.

@andyboylester username checks out

@dawn16 For most overweight people, weight is a good enough proxy for fat. It's good enough that the stats are what they are. I agree that body fat % is often totally neglected when it comes to people in the normal weight BMI category. That needs to be addressed. (I myself am having issues...

@dawn16 Well, yes, because being overweight is correlated with diabetes, atherosclerosis, heart disease, arthritis... Being obese/overweight is bad in two ways, one because it's just too much mass and weight for bones etc., two because excess adipose tissue contributes to endocrinological...

@childofjesus201 for sure. or cottage cheese

@kobidobidog yeah but how many calories is a big mac? (i know a quarter cheese is 540, just never went for the big mac)

@dawn16 I replied above about that. Yeah I think it's important to trust your subjective sense of well being for lots of things - at least, when things feel really wrong, they are usually wrong - but that's just a snapshot of the present day. For the slower-to-build problems, like with...

@dawn16 To me it sounds like he's responsible and gives a shit about his patients. His bedside manner could probably be improved, no doubt, but I bet he is sick of people not even able to tolerate being told how much they actually weigh, and then seeing the other end of it when they end up...

@ibelong np :)

@ibelong sorry don't have a source (lazy) but i remember seeing a few studies suggesting that high protein (can't remember how much) did help with healing from surgery. i will look in a minute (maybe) half assed attempt http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/474066_10 "Postoperative protein...