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A person is 5'7 and weighed at 185 at their heaviest, do they need to lose weight even if the doctor tells them they are healthy?
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Depends: Is this a man or a woman? Are they muscular or are they fat? A body composition analysis might help more than just height and weight. Body composition can be done with calipers to measure skin/subcutaneous tissue thickness, with a special machine called a bioimpedance analyzer, or by dunking in water. Here's some more info: http://www.Bodyfattest.Com/faqs/comparative-methods-.Html.
Answered 8/23/2013
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