Weight Loss

Weight Loss

Body mass index (BMI) below 18.5 is considered as underweight and whose body weight is considered too low to be healthy. Underweight might be secondary to or symptomatic of an underlying disease or it can also be a primary causative condition. Severely underweight individuals may have poor physical stamina and a weak immune system, leaving them open to infection. Underweight women are prone to osteoporosis and have an increased risk for fractures. Biometric evaluation, body composition analysis will help to understand the current body status and for assessing the mass gain and progress with treatment.In the current sedentary lifestyle underweight people may have a higher percentage of fat in the body leading to an imbalance in immune function and inflammatory diseases. This is the reason for the lean people getting autoimmune diseases, heart attack and stroke.