DevilsPGD writes:
> Medications that screw with your metabolism can do very interesting
> things to you.
They can't make you fat, unless you also overeat.
> She's on a huge number of medications (most of which only treat
> symptoms, but do make life livable for her), including those that toy
> with her metabolism, and steroids (which causes water retention -- It
> may not be fat, but it has definitely caused her to be overweight)
Her excess weight may simply be water. Water is weight but it can be
gained and lost very quickly indeed, so it doesn't count for obesity.
And anyone carrying hundreds of pounds of excess weight entirely in
the form of water has a serious and acute health problem.
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