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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Lifestyle
Lydia Hales

Don’t cheer the scale: Doctors and dieticians untangling body size from health

One person leading a marathon
Advanced sports dietitian Alicia Edge says too much focus on weight can lead to ‘a really over-simplified solution that doesn’t appreciate the person behind the data’. Photograph: Orbon Alija/Getty Images

Brock McLean says it was “almost destiny” that he would aspire to play in the Australian Football League, following in the footsteps of several family members.

“I was very much an all-or-nothing person – everything I did was absolutely flat out,” he says.

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