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I can't keep weight on my son but he refuses to see a doctor?
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Thin is good.: Thin is good. Look how gaunt children from the 40's and fifties look! it may be a phase. Cetainly there are medical causes, but he may have an intrinsically high metabolic rate.
Answered 11/26/2013
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