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Topic: Underweight

	Guide to underweight treatments, Summary of underweight symptoms
		Being thin or underweight like being overweight, is a relative term, being based on the ideal weight for a given height built, and sex.
		Home remedies for grey hair, underweight, rough skin, looking healthy and fresh: hi i m 22 yrs old i have many problems - My hair is becoming grey and i streaked my hair to hide grey hair.
		Underweight Treatment: you have suggested underweight treatment using figs whereby 3 dry figs soaked in water should be take twice daily.
	www.home-remedies-for-you.com /remedy/Underweight.html (1587 words)

	Underweight
		Underweight refers to a human who is considered to be under a healthy weight.
		Underweight individuals generally have poor physical stamina and a weak immune system - leaving them open to infection.
		The treatment for an underweight individual is to increase the calorie intake so that more calories are consumed than are being used as energy.
	www.ibpassociation.org /encyclopedia/Health/Underweight.php (196 words)

	Underweight - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The term underweight refers to a human who is considered to be under a healthy weight.
		Underweight individuals generally have poor physical stamina and a weak immune system, leaving them open to infection.
		The treatment for an underweight individual is to increase the food energy intake so that more food energy is consumed than are being used as work.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Underweight (458 words)

	Being Underweight Does Not Raise the Risk of Most Pregnancy Complications (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Underweight women are more likely than those of normal weight to have a preterm delivery or a low-birth-weight infant, but their risk of most complications of pregnancy and other poor outcomes is no greater than that of normal-weight women, according to findings from a population-based British study.
		Most of the women were white (64% of those who were underweight and 73% of their normal-weight counterparts); about half of each group had not given birth before, and one-third had had one previous birth.
		Underweight women had significantly elevated odds of having a breech delivery (1.3) but reduced odds of requiring induced labor, an operative vaginal delivery, or an emergency or elective cesarean delivery (0.7-0.9).
	www.guttmacher.org /pubs/journals/3318701.html (656 words)

	urwhatueat - Underweight
		Underweight refers to a body weight that is less than a standard healthy weight range.
		Underweight is associated with health problems including osteoporosis (bone wasting disease), and in women menstrual irregularities and decreased fertility.
		Underweight is a concern if it is a result of an unintentional weight loss or illness.
	www.icsdna.com /urwhatueat/weightunder.html (614 words)

	JAMA -- Estimates of Global Prevalence of Childhood Underweight in 1990 and 2015, June 2, 2004, de Onis et al. 291 ...
		underweight was forecasted to increase from 24.0% to 26.8%,
		in the 1990 prevalence of underweight by 2015.
		In Africa, the prevalence of underweight was forecasted to increase
	jama.ama-assn.org /cgi/content/full/291/21/2600 (3552 words)

	Underweight - ArticleWorld (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		People who are underweight may suffer from this condition due to a poor diet or starvation (also known as malnutrition), psychological problems (anorexia nervosa or body dysmorphic disorder, for example), weight loss due to chronic illnesses (like tuberculosis or cancer), hyperthyroidism and drug use.
		People who are underweight must increase their calorie intakes so that they consume more calories than they use as energy.
		People who are underweight are contrasted to people who are overweight; overweight people are prone to obesity or morbid obesity.
	www.articleworld.org /index.php/Underweight (270 words)

	PRB (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Underweight and overweight people within the same household (often called a dual burden household) pose a significant challenge for nutrition interventions, since programs targeted at underweight individuals may conflict with those targeted at the overweight.
		The underweight (defined as having a body mass index or BMI of less than 18.5) are susceptible to poor maternal and infant health as well as childhood growth problems and compromised mental development.
		Importantly, however, underweight and overweight are both forms of malnutrition, a term that encompasses either a lack of or excess in energy and/or nutrients.
	www.prb.org /Template.cfm?Section=PRB&template=/Content/ContentGroups/06_Articles/The_Dual_Burden_of_Overweight_and_Underweight_in_Developing_Countries.htm (1494 words)

	UN study: Many children underweight - The Boston Globe
		Chief among them was China, where the numbers of underweight children were cut by more than half, from 19 percent in 1990 to 8 percent in 2002.
		The proportion of underweight children in Latin America is now at 7 percent, compared to 2 percent in the United States.
		Here in Ghana, where 22 percent of the children are underweight, large gains were recorded in the percentage of women breast-feeding during the first six months.
	www.boston.com /news/world/africa/articles/2006/05/03/un_study_many_children_underweight (910 words)

	WHO \| Estimates of global prevalence of childhood underweight in 1990 and 2015
		Measures Linear mixed-effects modeling was used to estimate prevalence rates and numbers of underweight children by region in 1990 and 2015 and to calculate the changes (ie, increase or decrease) to these values between 1990 and 2015.
		Worldwide, underweight prevalence was projected to decline from 26.5% in 1990 to 17.6% in 2015, a change of –34% (95% confidence interval [CI], –43% to –23%).
		Worldwide, the number of underweight children was projected to decline from 163.8 million in 1990 to 113.4 million in 2015, a change of –31% (95% CI, –40% to –20%).
	www.who.int /nutgrowthdb/publications/underweight1990_2015/en (425 words)

	The Analyst - Internet Health Report: Condition: Problem Caused By Being Underweight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Being underweight in a third world country usually means being poorly nourished and/or infected with parasites.
		In developed countries, the underweight person is more likely to have a higher metabolism, fewer fat cells, "lean genes" or just not care about food.
		Being underweight and male is associated with a risk of depression.
	www.digitalnaturopath.com /cond/C306249.html (896 words)

	CORRECTIVE ALLOWANCE FOR UNDERWEIGHT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Underweight is based on a prepregnant weight which is more than 5% less than the Ideal (Healthy) weight.
		The correction enables a gain during pregnancy of the number of pounds underweight prior to pregnancy.
		pounds underweight divided by remaining weeks = pounds (or porition) needed to gain each of the remaining weeks of pregnancy.
	www-medlib.med.utah.edu /nmw/Tutorial5/Underweight.html (179 words)

	Underweight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A person is considered underweight if his or her body mass index (BMI) falls below a certain threshold (body mass index is a measure determined by a person's age, height, and weight).
		Due to a decreased immune response, underweight individuals are less resistant to infections and disease.
		It is recommended that underweight individuals gain one pound per week until an appropriate weight is reached.
	www.faqs.org /nutrition/Smi-Z/Underweight.html (231 words)

	Underweight - Treatment and Information
		Underweight can also be caused by treatments such as cancer chemotherapy and radiation therapy, whose side effects include nausea, vomiting, and loss of appetite.
		An individual who is underweight but believes he or she weighs too much may be suffering from an eating disorder.
		If you think you may be underweight, and particularly if you are experiencing unintended weight loss, have a complete medical examination to check for an underlying physical disorder.
	www.go-symmetry.com /health/bakup/underweight.htm (885 words)

	Ask the Dietitian - by Joanne Larsen MS RD LD - Underweight
		Weight gain for persons who are underweight is much more difficult that for persons who are overweight.
		The underweight person may have a higher metabolism, be taller, fewer fat cells, "lean genes" or just not care about food.
		Underweight can decrease your immune response to infection and disease as well as postpone menstruation.
	www.dietitian.com /underwei.html (2016 words)

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