For anyone who is underweight, the health risk factors associated with it make weight gain help a must. Whether you’ve suffered from an illness, overdieting or just have difficulty maintaining a healthy weight, there are diet and exercise tips that can help increase your success of gaining and maintaining adequate body weight.
Health Risks of Being Underweight
- Pregnancy-related problems: Being underweight can cause infertility (stopping menstration or causing dysfunctional ovulation), can make it difficult to carrying a full-term pregnancy and can reduce the chances of a safe delivery.
- Osteoporosis: Being underweight due to an inadequate diet can cause bone deficiencies, as the body will pull the nutrients and calcium that it needs from your bones if you don’t provide it with proper nutrition.
- Anemia: Nutrient deficiencies from being underweight can lead to anemia (a condition that signals a lower than normal number of red blood cells in the body). Symp
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Written on September 25, 2009 | Posted in
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