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When Scales Lie: Normal Weight but Still at Risk?

Monika Sumpter did what many women dream of -- she set a goal to lose weight and dropped 50 pounds. Despite losing all of that weight, her ratio of fat to muscle was around 25 percent, 5 percent from where she started and dangerously close to what some researchers say is an unhealthy situation. "I was just shocked. I thought that it was a lot lower, and I thought that I was healthy," Sumpter said. There are others like Sumpter. As many as 30 million Americans who are considered average...Full Story
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