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  2. Underweight - Wikipedia

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    A person may be underweight due to genetics, [7] [8] poor absorption of nutrients, increased metabolic rate or energy expenditure, lack of food (frequently due to poverty), low appetite, drugs that affect appetite, illness (physical or mental) or the eating disorder anorexia nervosa.

  3. Undernutrition in children - Wikipedia

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    Starved child in Somalia. Linked to 1 ⁄ 3 of all child deaths, malnutrition is especially dangerous for women and children. Malnourished women will usually have malnourished fetuses while they are pregnant, which can lead to physically and mentally stunted children, creating a cycle of malnutrition and underdevelopment.

  4. Eating disorders among teens more severe than ever, new ... - AOL

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    Despite the pervasive eating disorder stereotype — white, female and underweightteens from racial and ethnic minority groups, as well as males and teens with larger bodies, develop certain ...

  5. Growing number of children leaving primary school underweight ...

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    While 1.3 per cent of children in the final year of primary school were underweight in 2009/10, this has now increased to 1.7 per cent in 2023/24.

  6. Malnutrition - Wikipedia

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    Undernutrition by underweight and wasting was 11.5% and 2.5% in lowland and 22.% and 1.4% in the highland areas of Tanzania respectively. [30] In South Sudan, the prevalence of undernutrition explained by stunting, underweight and wasting in under-five children were 23.8%, 4.8% and 2.3% respectively. [31]

  7. Should Teens Take Supplements? Here’s What Parents ... - AOL

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    What the research and experts say about kids, teens, and supplement use, including protein powder, creatine, pre-workout, and weight-loss supplements. ... are of little benefit and can be dangerous."

  8. Epidemiology of childhood obesity - Wikipedia

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    Prevalence of childhood obesity has increased worldwide. The world health organization (WHO) estimated that 39 million children younger than 5 years of age were overweight or had obesity in 2020, and that 340 million children between 5 and 19 were overweight or had obesity in 2016. [1]

  9. Everything You Know About Obesity Is Wrong - The Huffington Post

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    Emily, the counselor, says she spent her teens and 20s “sleeping with guys I wasn’t interested in because they wanted to sleep with me.” In her head, a guy being into her was a rare and depletable resource she couldn’t afford to waste: “I was desperate for men to give me attention. Sex was a good way to do that.”