What is it about?
The underweight have as great a mortality risk as the obese but are virtually unstudied. This paper compares health risks across the BMI spectrum.
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Why is it important?
In some countries there is a double burden of underweight and overweight. The health risks and consequences are not a continuum and BMI should not be treated as a continuous variable in statistical analyses.
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This page is a summary of: Are the underweight more ill than those of acceptable weight or overweight?, Proceedings of The Nutrition Society, May 2008, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/s0029665108000396.
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