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- https://bio.libretexts.org/Courses/Canada_College/Human_Biology_Biol_011_Textbook/04%3A_Nutrition/4.06%3A_UndernutritionUndernutrition is defined as insufficient intake of nutritious foods. People who are undernourished are likely to have low body fat reserves, so one indicator of undernutrition in individuals is a low...Undernutrition is defined as insufficient intake of nutritious foods. People who are undernourished are likely to have low body fat reserves, so one indicator of undernutrition in individuals is a low body mass index (BMI). Adults are considered underweight if their body mass index (BMI) is less than 18.5 kg/m2. Children are considered underweight if their BMI is less than the 5th percentile of the reference values for children of the same age.
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Courses/Manchester_Community_College_(MCC)/BIOL_106%3A_Essentials_of_Anatomy_and_Physiology_(Anzalone)/13%3A_Nutrition/13.06%3A_UndernutritionUndernutrition is defined as insufficient intake of nutritious foods. People who are undernourished are likely to have low body fat reserves, so one indicator of undernutrition in individuals is a low...Undernutrition is defined as insufficient intake of nutritious foods. People who are undernourished are likely to have low body fat reserves, so one indicator of undernutrition in individuals is a low body mass index (BMI). Adults are considered underweight if their body mass index (BMI) is less than 18.5 kg/m2. Children are considered underweight if their BMI is less than the 5th percentile of the reference values for children of the same age.
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Courses/Butte_College/BC%3A_BIOL_2_-_Introduction_to_Human_Biology_(Grewal)/Text/04%3A_Nutrition/4.6%3A_UndernutritionUndernutrition is defined as insufficient intake of nutritious foods. People who are undernourished are likely to have low body fat reserves, so one indicator of undernutrition in individuals is a low...Undernutrition is defined as insufficient intake of nutritious foods. People who are undernourished are likely to have low body fat reserves, so one indicator of undernutrition in individuals is a low body mass index (BMI). Adults are considered underweight if their body mass index (BMI) is less than 18.5 kg/m2. Children are considered underweight if their BMI is less than the 5th percentile of the reference values for children of the same age.
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Human_Biology/Human_Biology_(Wakim_and_Grewal)/04%3A_Nutrition/4.6%3A_UndernutritionUndernutrition is defined as insufficient intake of nutritious foods. People who are undernourished are likely to have low body fat reserves, so one indicator of undernutrition in individuals is a low...Undernutrition is defined as insufficient intake of nutritious foods. People who are undernourished are likely to have low body fat reserves, so one indicator of undernutrition in individuals is a low body mass index (BMI). Adults are considered underweight if their body mass index (BMI) is less than 18.5 kg/m2. Children are considered underweight if their BMI is less than the 5th percentile of the reference values for children of the same age.
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Workbench/Principles_of_the_Human_Body/5%3A_Nutrition/5.6%3A_UndernutritionUndernutrition is defined as insufficient intake of nutritious foods. People who are undernourished are likely to have low body fat reserves, so one indicator of undernutrition in individuals is a low...Undernutrition is defined as insufficient intake of nutritious foods. People who are undernourished are likely to have low body fat reserves, so one indicator of undernutrition in individuals is a low body mass index (BMI). Adults are considered underweight if their body mass index (BMI) is less than 18.5 kg/m2. Children are considered underweight if their BMI is less than the 5th percentile of the reference values for children of the same age.
