underweight

Modern society is obsessed with weight: everyone longs to be skinny, and obesity is demonized. But while being overweight does carry with it health risks, a new study suggests that being underweight is far more dangerous than being obese. More »

The Japanese diet has long been lauded as one of the healthiest on the planet, yielding a population with high longevity and low rates of heart disease, diabetes and obesity. Despite that, shocking new statistics indicate that their health is taking a turn for the worse, with 29% of Japanese...

A lot of people have been saying without following the NG, you won't get accurate results. I want to focus on gaining weight, not losing. I really DON'T feel like following the guide because it's meant to be for overweight people. I'm underweight. What should I do? I was thinking I could just...

Millitant.Jester: Wow, just a simple question. No need to be a dick. Just saying;)

Millitant.Jester: Wow, just a simple question. No need to be a dick. Just saying;)

i am 16 and 5'8 and wiegh 108. i do eat normal. i eat lots of food but they are all healthy like no MCDeez or fried chicken or soda. but i do have curves. so i dont think i look annorexic. but the bmi thing is calling me underweight... so should i make an effort to eat even more food?i switched...

179cm (5'10) and 51kg (112lbs). how come they (doctors) will not let me fly on a plane? what would happen if i did

yeah its definitely not a good idea to do this.

I am 14 and I feel that I should be a little fatter. How much should a 14 year old girl weigh? I am skinny. I eat a lot so I think I should be getting fat about now. The other night I ate 2 dinners (1 of them was a 3 course meal)! I haven't hurled since about 2 years so I am definitely not...

Just wondering.

Im 5'5 1/4, and i weight 93-97 pounds. I eat 3 meals a day. Im a vegetarian. I take multi-vitamins, and Tums for calcium.

I don't put on any other weight no matter what. I eat a lot of food healthy-ish food but do a lot of sport. Would that be why?

my friends 13 years old nd she weighs around about 87 or 88 punds do you think shes underweight or just right

i am almost 16, 5ft 2 im 6.9 stone, i think thats 42 kg, and 92 pounds.

I'm a 13 year old girl, with little to no muscle. I weight 110.8 and am 5'3 My brothers and parents say I'm too skinny and underweight... Are they right?

I'm 4'10 and weigh 83 pounds