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The Body Mass Index

Maintenance Phase

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The Health Effects of Obesity in Fat People

There is a correlation between higher beami and worse health. Fat people generally, and fat women in particular, postpone care because they know that they are going to be overtly, directly judged by their health care providers. People do not understand how common this is. It's one of the great fears of my life, that i will die of a totally treatable or preventable thing because my doctor can't conceive of me having any other health problem than just being a fat person like i That is a fear that follows me every time i go into a doctor's office.

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