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Taras NK Raggio, MPA, HHP, CHSMS
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What is considered underweight?

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Host: What is considered underweight?

Taras Raggio: There are number ways to measure an underweight person. One of the ways to access if you are underweight is to use a Body Mass Index or BMI for short, BMI measures the persons weight to their height and a BMI can tell if its proportional; a person who is underweight should have a BMI of no less than 18.

5 kilograms.

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