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Are you Fit or Fat? Knowing your Body Composition.

Allison Pontius, M.D.

The number on the scale isn't telling the whole story. The real story can only be found by determining your body composition. How much of you is fat, muscle, bone, and water? What is your "individual" metabolic rate? How many calories do you need to eat each day? These questions can only be answered by body composition analysis.

A healthy body composition helps a person weigh less and look thinner by causing excess fat to be lost and muscle is retained. Healthy body composition produces significantly better overall health.

Healthy body composition reduces the risk of developing obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, cardiovascular disease, insulin insensitivity, type 2 diabetes, hormone imbalance, and more.

The goal in weight loss is to retain and build muscle while lowering your overall body fat. This is best done with a sensible eating plan, exercise, nutritional supplementation and stress management—a lifestyle change with permanent results. For more information or for an appointment call (518) 786-7000 ext. 243.

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One of my ears has always been slightly larger than the other.

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One of my ears has always been slightly larger than the other. I now have the financial ability to undergo otoplasty to fix my issue. What is the usual recovery time for such a procedure so that I can give my job notification?

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