How to gain weight

Your body receives and absorbs nutrients, but something devours these resources before they reach the organs and tissues.

In underweight people, bone density decreases. As a result, the bones become more fragile, which increases the risk of fractures and osteoporosis.

The body needs energy to fight all kinds of infections. With a deficiency of nutrients, this energy is not enough. Therefore, underweight people get sick more often, and common diseases - the same cold - last longer.

If you are a man with a lack of weight, your risk of dying early from any health problems (diseases of the heart and blood vessels, musculoskeletal system, internal organs, etc.) increases by about 2.4 times compared to those who have a normal body weight. If you are a woman - "only" 2 times.

Clinically underweight means that your body is deficient in nutrients for some reason. Here is what follows from this.

Let's leave aside the aesthetic and psychological moments, although the handles and legs-sticks are unlikely to please anyone but anorexics. Let's focus exclusively on physiology.

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