Maternal Fatlogic... So, went to visit the parents the other day, and my mother ended up spewing some fatlogic that I don't even know how to argue. She says I shouldn't trust a scale as a marker of fitness, because our family has an unusual body density, making the scale misrepresent our physical health. She's also 6 or 7 inches shorter than me and weighs more than me. This woman has a STEM Master's degree. How do I prove her wrong? She's about 165-175 at 5-2 or 5-3. She appears to believe her body is denser than everybody else's. That just sounds dense to me (yes, dad joke, I know) and I'm disappointed to be related to this fatlogician.