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" (97 found)
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Noun(1 words)
german dünn
Adjective(6 words)
low bmi categorylow body weightlow body weight individuallow weightlow weight individuallow weight status
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5 entrieshealth indicatorhealth statusnutritional statusphysical stateweight category
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9 entriesadult underweightchild underweightlow BMIlow birth weightmalnutrition related underweightpregnancy related underweightpregnant underweightsevere underweightundernourished state
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10 entriesBMI underweight cutoffundernourished stateunderweight adultunderweight categoryunderweight childunderweight individualsunderweight patientunderweight populationunderweight prevalenceunderweight status
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3 entriesDerivations
2 entriesunderweight statusunderweighting
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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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