What are the health risks of being underweight?

[Fiction]

The title is pretty self explanatory really...

[Coolcar65]

First of all your body's growth is probably gonna be stunned. If you come from a tall or even regular height family you will probably be inches up to a feet shorter. Your body would be more brittle and more prone to breaks. If you fall you might regularly get a bruise but in this state your bones can easily break. It could also lead to anorexia and other probs. Why.

[Syvelocin]

Just being underweight by itself? Infertility, amenorrhea, anemia, osteoporosis, and immunodeficiency just to name a few. It's also said that you have a higher risk of cancer, digestive diseases, memory loss, and hypothermia. Of course, that doesn't count the risks and symptoms of disordered eating, just being underweight by itself. Overall, as you probably know well, it's not a position you want to be in.

[Fiction]

Thankyou both of you and yes i meant just being underweight.
Just a side not for Coolcar65...
Being underweight doesn't lead to anorexia... anorexia leads to being underweight.

[swimfreak85]

dehydration, weakness, malnutrition and stuff like tht

[eatthis9999]

anorexia is a mental illness which makes you go under weight malnutrition can mean you do not have enough fat to power you, starts disolving your stomach etc to provide food, makes you thirsty and can mean you cant eat so end up being on a feeding pipe

[UnknownError]

Can it really stunt your growth?
Cause Im a little underweight but I grow quite fast.

[eatthis9999]

Groth can be stunned yes because the body will not have enough energy to develop you body so will confuse it by it thinking it cant grow any further so wont try so u then would end on groth hormones