A 18-year-old male asked:
Is there any medecine that can gain weight or fat?
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Dr. Robert Kwokanswered
Pediatrics 35 years experience
If there's illness: If there is an illness that is causing a person to be very thin, then by treating the illness, the person will be healthier and gain normal weight. If the person is actually normal and healthy, then there is no medicine to make her gain weight.
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A 31-year-old member asked:
Is there any medicine that can gain you weight or fat?
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A Verified Doctoranswered
Rheumatology 54 years experience
See details: Prednisone (cortisones) is the one most often associated with weight gain. Antidepressants and Lyrica (pregabalin) are others. If you want to gain weight, eat more carbohydrates.
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A 18-year-old female asked:
Am so skinny. What can I do to gain weight and fat naturally. ?
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Dr. Alvin Linanswered
Geriatrics 32 years experience
Eat more: Seriously! gaining weight is opposite of losing it eg energy surplus vs deficit. Body builders, athletes, even actors who need to gain muscle can eat upwards of 10, 000kcal/d. Of course, you want to exercise, too, as getting fat for the sake of not being skinny isn't healthy. But before you pick up a fork, check out http://www.Cdc.Gov/healthyweight/assessing/bmi/ to determine right weight for heigh.
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A member asked:
How to gain weight? I'm Skinny I want to be fat.
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Dr. Karen Butleranswered
Family Medicine 23 years experience
Well: Well first of all you do not want to be fat. You want to be healthy. Eat a healthy diet and exercise vise daily. You can increase your calories but you must do this by eating healthy.
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A 18-year-old member asked:
Will the fat in olives make you gain weight?
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Dr. Nassir Azimianswered
Interventional Cardiology 25 years experience
Not typically: To gain weight from fat in olives one has to consume significant olives.
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