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  • Doctors were confounded by people with low body fat who couldn't stop eating. (Wikimedia Commons)
    Skinny Diabetes
    Walker Rhea
    A lot of doctors have been stumped by slim patients showing signs of high blood pressure, high cholesterol and Type 2 diabetes. They'd see or hear about someone who had all of these conditions associated with excess fat, but who didn't have an ounce of extra fat on their bodies.