BMI categories (underweight, overweight or obese) from general reading table are inappropriate for athletes, children, the elderly, and the infirm.
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Underweight
Synonyms for "underweight" (87 found)
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Related words (43)
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5 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
25 translations across 7 languages.
Finnish
2 entries- alipainoinen adj (of an inappropriately or unusually low weight)
- alipaino noun (the state of being underweight)
French
1 entries- maigre adj (of an inappropriately or unusually low weight)
German
1 entries- Untergewicht noun (the state of being underweight)
Greek
1 entries- λιποβαρής adj (of an inappropriately or unusually low weight)
Polish
3 entries- mający niedowagę adj (of an inappropriately or unusually low weight)
- niedoważony adj (of an inappropriately or unusually low weight)
- niedowaga noun (the state of being underweight)
Russian
4 entries- недове́шенная adj (of an inappropriately or unusually low weight)
- недове́шенные adj (of an inappropriately or unusually low weight)
- недове́шенный adj (of an inappropriately or unusually low weight)
- недове́с noun (the state of being underweight)
Spanish
4 entries- bajo de pesantez adj (of an inappropriately or unusually low weight)
- con demasiada poca pesadumbre adj (of an inappropriately or unusually low weight)
- con infrapeso adj (of an inappropriately or unusually low weight)
- con insuficiente pesadez adj (of an inappropriately or unusually low weight)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
The female calf is underweight at about 30 kilograms.
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Being underweight is higher risk than being overweight.
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At a nearby clinic, wailing babies, sullen children and skinny mothers line the benches. Some have children already enrolled in a WFP feeding program for chronically underweight children and breastfeeding mothers.
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