Word: underweight
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...Bloom and his colleagues were all healthy and of average weight. Perhaps the same biological factors that kept their weight under control also enabled them to respond to PYY. Bloom is already trying the hormone on two more groups of volunteers--one modestly overweight and the other slightly underweight--to see if the hormone will suppress their appetites as well. "We also want to move to long-term treatment and prove that over a week, say, you're still eating less," Bloom says. He is looking into the possibility that certain foods, particularly those high in fiber, may increase...
...widely recognized that being excessively over or underweight can affect a woman’s chance of becoming pregnant...
...Frisch said the problem affects women who are even just slightly underweight, perhaps aiming to copy the body image of thin models and celebrities...
...BIRTH WEIGHT Twins and triplets (not to mention septuplets) often weigh less than normal at birth. But a recent study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control suggests that even single babies conceived through IVF are more likely to be born underweight. Whether that also puts them at greater risk of developmental problems is uncertain...
...easier for humanitarian aid to reach the thousands of Afghans displaced by 23 years of civil war and four years of drought. Even before the recent fighting about 25% of Afghan children died before the age of five and half of all under-fives were believed to be underweight. The British charity Save the Children estimates that up to 100,000 children could die this winter unless sufficient aid reaches the country. Even though around 7,000 Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters are detained in camps, and others are trying to flee the country, isaf has much...