I think it's hilarious that they never talk about the dangers of being underweight. All of the focus is on being overweight right now, but if you are 30-40 lbs underweight, you are at risk for a completely different set but equally dangerous health risks. . The focus needs to be on being HEALTHY, not weight. This is why the BMI scale is a piece of garbage. You can conform to it perfectly but still eat junk food and be inactive. If you eat junk food and are inactive, then you are in poor health, no matter what the scale may tell you. I know diabetics that are underweight and have cholesterol problems. Being "skinny" by no means gets you off the hook.

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What I want to know is WHAT IS THEIR AVERAGE "BMI" in Manhattan? I'm betting it's LESS than 20..! What do you think? I live here in Oregon, & it is obviously a state of higher BMI, I'm guessing the average to be... 30 & up... Not good!

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um; who cares? like insteadd of worryinq about other - MORE IMPORTANT issuses - we read articles about skinny people in manhattan.. wow.

You are right they never talk about health risks of skinny people. And they set standards to low. I am 5"4', according to drs. standards I should weigh 123lbs. Thats way to thin, I was down to 118lbs. And looked anorexic, I had friends ask me if I was Ok. I'm pretty sure at 123 I wouldnt look any different.

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To Teresa, 5' 4" and 118 is borderline FAT. I am 5' 4" and weigh 107, and I could stand to lose about 2 pounds. I don't know where you are getting your numbers, but they are wack!!

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To G-Girl,

um.. Duh! Every Body is different. I'm 5'2", and if I dropped below 115 on an average day, I'd be running into health problems.

At the same time, I run, climb, dance ballet, and do many other sports. I'm short, petite, but because of the sports have decent muscles, so I've always weighed more than I look. At 125 most people figure that I'm about 105-110. In winter I live in the far north, and with extreme cold temperatures I deliberately gain in the autumn so that I won't freeze, and still - the only person who's really aware of the change is me.

So perhaps if you're fine-boned, not doing activities which build muscle mass, and are working to keep your body's fat levels as low as you possibly can, maybe 105 at 5'4" is just fine. But sure as sugar you shouldn't be declaring that XX weight is "fat"; it just sounds uneducated and makes one consider that the missing weight might be found by filling your head with a little more substance.