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This article was initially categorized based on scheme outlined at WP:DERM:CAT. kilbad (talk) 23:36, 20 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Description is either based on bad data.... OR contains critical meaning-changing syntax error at its very core

"Body weight MAY be reduced to less than 80% of the average weight that corresponds to the height" (emphasis added) - 20% (or less!) deviation from average weight is meaningless, doubly so when not stating whether there's accounting for age, gender, build/girth, or endemic obesity among reference groups. Having this at the very centre of the description characterizing the condition is farcical...UNLESS - DOES THIS MEAN TO SAY "REDUCED *BY*" UP TO 80 PERCENT, INSTEAD OF TO 80%?! 208.127.80.210 (talk) 17:13, 19 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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 == Article categorization ==
 This article was initially categorized based on scheme outlined at [[WP:DERM:CAT]]. [[User:Kilbad|kilbad]] ([[User talk:Kilbad|talk]]) 23:36, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
+== Description is either based on bad data.... OR contains critical meaning-changing syntax error at its very core ==
+"Body weight MAY be reduced to less than 80% of the average weight that corresponds to the height" (emphasis added) - 20% (or less!) deviation from average weight is meaningless, doubly so when not stating whether there's accounting for age, gender, build/girth, or endemic obesity among reference groups. Having this at the very centre of the description characterizing the condition is farcical...UNLESS - DOES THIS MEAN TO SAY "REDUCED *BY*" UP TO 80 PERCENT, INSTEAD OF TO 80%?! [[Special:Contributions/208.127.80.210|208.127.80.210]] ([[User talk:208.127.80.210|talk]]) 17:13, 19 September 2012 (UTC)