What is the lowest BMI someone could have without dying?!
Question: A BMI of 15 is very unhealthy, people usually get treatment at a hospital when their BMI falls below 15, and a BMI like that is considered as life threatening. Even if you're not hungry, you have to eat to gain weight when your weight has gone that low. If you're so worried about gaining weight, that you keep yourself unhealthy by eating too little, you most likely have an eating disorder. A BMI of only 15 should be taken very serious, it will cause serious damage to your body over time like:
Physical
* Stunted growth
* Endocrine disorder, leading to cessation of periods in girls (amenorrhoea)
* Decreased libido; impotence in males
* Starvation symptoms, such as reduced metabolism, slow heart rate (bradycardia), hypotension, hypothermia and anemia
* Abnormalities of mineral and electrolyte levels in the body
* Thinning of the hair (makes your hair look weird and ugly)
* Growth of lanugo hair over the body
* Constantly feeling "cold"
* Zinc deficiency
* Reduction in white blood cell count
* Reduced immune system function (increases chance of getting several diseases, usually harmless diseases like flue may put your health at risk)
* Pallid complexion and sunken eyes
* Creaking joints and bones
* Collection of fluid in ankles during the day and around eyes during the night
* Tooth decay
* Constipation
* Dry skin
* Dry or chapped lips
* Poor circulation, resulting in common attacks of 'pins and needles' and purple extremities
* In cases of extreme weight loss, there can be nerve deterioration, leading to difficulty in moving the feet
* Headaches
* Brittle fingernails
* Bruising easily
Psychological
* Distorted body image
* Poor insight
* Self-evaluation largely, or even exclusively, in terms of their shape and weight
* Pre-occupation or obsessive thoughts about food and weight
* Perfectionism
* Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
* Belief that control over food/body is synonymous with being in control of one's life
* Refusal to accept that one's weight is dangerously low even when it could be deadly
* Refusal to accept that one's weight is normal, or healthy
Emotional
* Low self-esteem and self-efficacy
* Intense fear about becoming overweight
* Clinical depression or chronically low mood
* Mood swings
Some of these causes of being underweight may sometimes not occur before you get older. Like for example bone problems.
Other causes are loss of menstruation, risk of becoming sterile, stomach pain, delayed/abnormal puberty and wounds will also heal slower, and easier get infected, due to a weak immune system.
I don't write this to scare you, but to tell you how important it is that you go to a doctor or a nutritionist to find out what's wrong.
I hope you get better soon:)
Answers: A BMI of 15 is very unhealthy, people usually get treatment at a hospital when their BMI falls below 15, and a BMI like that is considered as life threatening. Even if you're not hungry, you have to eat to gain weight when your weight has gone that low. If you're so worried about gaining weight, that you keep yourself unhealthy by eating too little, you most likely have an eating disorder. A BMI of only 15 should be taken very serious, it will cause serious damage to your body over time like:
Physical
* Stunted growth
* Endocrine disorder, leading to cessation of periods in girls (amenorrhoea)
* Decreased libido; impotence in males
* Starvation symptoms, such as reduced metabolism, slow heart rate (bradycardia), hypotension, hypothermia and anemia
* Abnormalities of mineral and electrolyte levels in the body
* Thinning of the hair (makes your hair look weird and ugly)
* Growth of lanugo hair over the body
* Constantly feeling "cold"
* Zinc deficiency
* Reduction in white blood cell count
* Reduced immune system function (increases chance of getting several diseases, usually harmless diseases like flue may put your health at risk)
* Pallid complexion and sunken eyes
* Creaking joints and bones
* Collection of fluid in ankles during the day and around eyes during the night
* Tooth decay
* Constipation
* Dry skin
* Dry or chapped lips
* Poor circulation, resulting in common attacks of 'pins and needles' and purple extremities
* In cases of extreme weight loss, there can be nerve deterioration, leading to difficulty in moving the feet
* Headaches
* Brittle fingernails
* Bruising easily
Psychological
* Distorted body image
* Poor insight
* Self-evaluation largely, or even exclusively, in terms of their shape and weight
* Pre-occupation or obsessive thoughts about food and weight
* Perfectionism
* Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
* Belief that control over food/body is synonymous with being in control of one's life
* Refusal to accept that one's weight is dangerously low even when it could be deadly
* Refusal to accept that one's weight is normal, or healthy
Emotional
* Low self-esteem and self-efficacy
* Intense fear about becoming overweight
* Clinical depression or chronically low mood
* Mood swings
Some of these causes of being underweight may sometimes not occur before you get older. Like for example bone problems.
Other causes are loss of menstruation, risk of becoming sterile, stomach pain, delayed/abnormal puberty and wounds will also heal slower, and easier get infected, due to a weak immune system.
I don't write this to scare you, but to tell you how important it is that you go to a doctor or a nutritionist to find out what's wrong.
I hope you get better soon:)
um, probably about 15...
I would get help if I were you,
not only for yourself, but for the wellbeing of the people around you.
15 is too low...you should really start to eat more
depends. mine was 13 once and i'm still here sooo yeah. probably like 11 or lower i'm not sure.
eww basically anything about 15 or under means that any little tiny thing can kill you, so just gain weight
Anything below 15 is very dangerous and you need to gain weight, and it is considered as anorexic. Do you think you could be, do you purposfully miss meals and worry about your weight or the way you look, or not want to eat because you see it as a sign of guilt? I would go to the doctors even if not becasue not eating is obviously a serious problem and we cant have you dying :)