Underweight

Word UNDERWEIGHT
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Definitions and meanings of "Underweight"

What do we mean by underweight?

Weighing less than is normal, healthy, or required. adjective

Insufficiency of weight. noun

Of an inappropriately or unusually low weight. adjective

Not too heavy for an intended purpose. adjective

Being less invested in a particular area than market wisdom suggests. adjective

The state or quality of being underweight. noun

To underestimate the weight of. verb

To give insufficient weight to (a consideration); to underestimate the importance of. verb

Being very thin adjective

The state or quality of being underweight.

An underweight person.

A term which is supposed to refer to a body mass index of less than 18.5 or simply being in a healthy weight range but is overused to categorize what seems like thin people in general. Ridiculous really, just because someone weighs a couple pounds under the fixed ideal number and is clearly healthy they seem to be branded with a word that makes them sound unhealthily thin. Meanwhile if someone weighs anything OVER the fixed ideal weight they are never called overweight until they actually reach the BMI 25 mark. In fact, women are complimented and praised for having 'great curves' while if they weigh anything below that optical number they are considered 'fit for eating disorder diagnosis'. Urban Dictionary

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The word "underweight" in example sentences

Regular readers of this blog will have noted previous entries on the “paradoxical” reverse epidemiology of obesity and cardiovascular mortality, where risk is apparently higher in underweight compared to normal weight, overweight or even mildly obese individuals (for e.g. of previous blog entries on this click here, here or here). ❋ Unknown (2008)

Even more interestingly, it shows that being underweight is as much a danger to health as obesity, and that a few extra pounds in otherwise healthy adults seems to increase longevity. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Although not approved by the FDA for this purpose, cyproheptadine has been used to stimulate appetite in underweight patients. ❋ Unknown (2003)

So says J.P. Morgan Chase, which has downgraded the company to "underweight" -- meaning, in its parlance, "sell." ❋ Unknown (2008)

After a follow-up of 10.4 years, compared with normal weight individuals (BMI 18. 5-24.9) all-cause mortality was higher in underweight (BMI ❋ Unknown (2008)

And so what we find is that the insurance companies may give us enough time to get someone up five pounds, but they still may be 30 pounds underweight, which is still life-threateningly dangerous. ❋ Unknown (2007)

"Each cow that the veterinarians identified as underweight was shot and killed with a rifle," the judge said. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Some babies born to immigrant parents are incorrectly classified as underweight - which could lead to unnecessary tests - when they're actually within the normal range for their ethnic groups, Canadian doctors warn. ❋ Unknown (2012)

The fund has a so-called underweight position in Spanish bonds, he said. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Legal & General said its $500-billion fund is "neutral" on Italian bonds and holds fewer Spanish securities in its portfolio than recommended by benchmarks used to measure the fund's performance, a so-called underweight position. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Treasuries he oversees this month to match that of benchmark indexes from a so-called underweight position. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Aviva Plc's fund unit has so-called underweight positions on other peripheral countries including Spain and Portugal, Ikram said. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Jim: "Well i guess I'm about 5'8 and I weigh.....150lbs?" Doctor: "Sweet Jesus. Ideal weight for that height is 155lbs! You are clinically [underweight]. God have mercy on you Jim. I advise a high calorie diet and intense workout regime. You're body mass index is only 22.8 for heavens sake, build some self contr-" Jim: "But I -" Doctor: "Follow the obesity Jim. Being slim and healthy just isn't acceptable for any man Jim. A 33 inch waist is.....unmanly in my opinion. Its just not [the American way]. EAT! EAT! EAT!" Jim: "Isn't obesity unhealthy?" Doctor: "Oh so you're offending fat people now? [Get out of my office], you....uh ...perfectly healthy yet underweight twig!". ❋ Naturally_Skinny_Guy (2011)

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