PeppermintHeart
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May 5, 2015
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A low body weight and poor nutrition can lead to severe health problems, such as osteoporosis, vitamin deficiencies, infertility and heart problems. A lack of nutrition also has negative impact on the way your brain works and makes you more prone to depression and other mental health issues. I am of course only talking about underweight as a result of malnutrition - it is possible to be naturally thin even when eating enough and healthy. In that case it would be good to see a doctor to make sure there are no underlying health problems and the low weight has no negative effect on one's health. Please take care. x
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EnchantingFairy
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Jan 17, 2016
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If you are too thin and barely eating, your body doesn't have enough resources to function. When someone is too thin, they are probably not giving their bodies enough nutrients, so the body begins to break down: instead of relying on food for energy, it gets its energy from itself, meaning that the muscles and organs degrade so that the body can work. The heart is a muscle, so the heart is being stressed and becoming smaller and smaller, which can lead to serious complications, including a heart attack, and heart attacks are not a walk in the park! Similarly, the organs degrade too. If organs degrade, the body can't perform its functions: the liver stops working, the pancreas stops working, body functions aren't regulated. If the organs don't work, here again there are issues that may lead to serious consequences. That is why being too thin a bad thing: the body can't work and the person could be in serious trouble.
Dreamer49
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Jan 25, 2016
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Being too thin is not a bad thing, neither is being not thin, everybody is unique and beautiful :)
starryRiver83
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Mar 14, 2015
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Being too thin as in underweight is unhealthy, just as being overweight is unhealthy. But maintaining an unhealthy weight or even losing weight further could result in more dangerous health problems and even be fatal.
Anonymous
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Feb 6, 2016
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Because you aren't taking in all the vitamins, chemicals and other nutrition necessary to keep your body functioning. This will damage your immune system. Also, too litte fat reduces insulation, you have a lot less energy and therefore get things done less efficiently; and many organs are unprotected. For example, kidneys need a layer of fat surrounding them because they are very vulnerable and easy to damage.
courageousBeauty49
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Nov 2, 2015
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I think as long as you are healthy, that "too thin" doesn't really exist. Staying healthy is important as we go through life, if you are on the thin side, that isn't a bad thing as long as you are healthy!
Anonymous
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Jul 7, 2015
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it depends whether you are naturally thin ,whether your slim or whether its unhealthily thin/ skinny
CatValentine
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Jan 14, 2016
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It isn't! As long as it's natural. If that's the way your body reacts to the healthy food you put in your body, then looking the way you do is beautiful. What's not natural is keeping your body from receiving the nutrients it needs, and therefore you temporarily loose weight. This form of 'too skinny' is extremely unhealthy and dangerous
GypsyLight
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Jun 29, 2015
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It isn't so much that being too thin is bad, however being unhealthy is. If you are thin, but in good health mentally and physically then that is perfectly fine. If you are starving yourself, that raises need for concern as it is not healthy for you in any fashion.
Anonymous
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Oct 4, 2015
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Being too thin--by which I mean at an unhealthy weight for your body--is very, very dangerous. It can lead to some very serious health problems, many of which can be permanent even after you regain your health, or even to death. Anorexia nervousa is actually the most deadly mental illness because of how dangerous being 'too thin' is. It can do a lot of damage to many, many different areas of your body.
MeowMom
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Jan 20, 2016
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It's not a bad thing, as long as you're healthy. The only opinion that matters is your trusted health professional.
Anonymous
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Mar 30, 2015
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I personally don't feel that it is. Everyone's body is different but different isn't a bad thing at all. As long as you're healthy that's all that matters.
Kaylei72
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Apr 13, 2015
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If you are too thin it could be bad for your health. You can talk to your local doctor about that. Your height and weight work together and to be healthy you have to be somewhere around that weight depending on how tall you are
Anonymous
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Oct 9, 2015
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Some people take all the necessary nutrients by eating a balanced diet and manages to look too thin. Whereas others may look too this by not taking necessary nutrients. So you really need to keep track of Your BMI in order to know you are healthy or not. Also you can try consulting a doctor in order check your health
fantasticSnowflake54
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Dec 14, 2015
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Because it can cost people a life to be so thin such as anorexia and not eating properly people still need to eat it depends on height what weight anyone should be
Anonymous
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Jan 12, 2016
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It's not. No matter how you look you will be someone's whole world. Just because someone or a few people don't like the way you look doesn't mean the whole world does.
Crest
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Jan 14, 2016
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If you want a complete sheet of bad effects of being underweight on your heart, then I am directing you elsewhere.
Adhuri
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Jan 15, 2016
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On other sense it is a good thing. You can eat what ever you like. Yes you may have so many deficiencies to over come by eating balanced diet
Gladi8orPrincess
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Jan 17, 2016
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It is extremely unhealthy for your body and it can cause major damage as you become older. Especially a lot of health problems because your body lacks many essential vitamins and nutrients.
Anonymous
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Jan 22, 2016
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Body shape is not necessarily an issue, healthiness is the concern, you could be thin and unhealthy or healthy and large and unhealthy or healthy.
