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Originally Posted by Mishee  I know my original question asked about someone who is obese going to a healthy weight range and not seeing an improvement in symptoms. I would also be interested about the opposite, someone with PCOS who was healthy weight range and then became obese and hasn't seen an increase in symptoms. And again I understand that this would be rare, it's just curiousity on my part. |
Keep in mind that 'weight' shouldn't be a primary indicator of 'health'.
Body composition and level of fitness should also be considered.
There are plenty of thin people who are quite 'unhealthy' because their body composition is awful. In fact, they might even have quite a bit of visceral fat (which is the dangerous belly fat). Because visceral fat is packed around the organs, some people 'appear' thin, but they're actually 'over fat'. To make matters worse, they have too little lean mass.
IMO, it's a mistake to only focus on 'weight'. The picture should include everything. The health and body of a 'fit and lean' 150 pound woman (non-athlete) is VERY different from a 'sedentary and over fat' 150 pound woman. (The the lean woman will also be several sizes smaller than the over fat woman - despite the fact that they weigh the same.)
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