Even nutritionists can be fooled by the portion sizes of entrees served in restaurants. Over 200 trained dietitians were questioned on their ability to identify how many calories and fat grams existed in five typical restaurant meals. Not one participant accurately calculated all five meals, and some underestimated fat grams by as much as 49 percent and calories by as much as 37 percent.

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A person who undergoes extreme weight loss would drop quite a bit of weight very fast, or they would lose more weight than is healthy. Utilization of methods like vomiting, laxative abuse and skipping meals may be classified as extreme as well.
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