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If you have bigger bones, is it possible to be skinny?

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Dr. Arthur Heller answered

Specializes in Gastroenterology

Bigger version: "skinny" means loss of under skin (subcutaneous) fat, usually with low muscle mass. Big bones without much muscle and fat on them is still skinny-just a bigger version-and perhaps just as unhealthy. You can be too skinny.

Dr Rao agreed

Answered 7/24/2012

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