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Being underweight can pose as many complications to human health, if not more, as being overweight. An underweight woman may experience all of the following except _________.

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Answer:

I believe this is an incomplete question as no options to choose from were given.

Step-by-step explanation:

An underweight person is defined as a person whose weight is below normal or below the acceptably desired range. It differs for men and women.

So what weight is considered normal or acceptable? Good question.

The Body Mass Index (BMI) is the general metric used in determining whether one is underweight, normal or overweight.

BMI is the ratio of your body weight to square of your height.

BMI = body weight / (body height)²

A person with a BMI of less than 18.0 is considered underweight and may experience the following symptoms

  • Easily gets tired or fatigued
  • Irregular menstrual flow (for females) due to anaemic or shortage of blood.
  • Fertility issues; a direct consequence of anaemic blood.
  • Weak bones.
  • Frequent hair loss, issues with gum and tooth bleeding
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Being underweight can pose as many – if not more – complications as being overweight can. An underweight woman may experience all of the following EXCEPT

•increased frequency of menstrual cycles.

• decreased bone density.

• complications with pregnancy and surgery.

• slow recovery after illness

Answer:

• the increased frequency of menstrual cycle.

Step-by-step explanation:

Being underweight is a characteristic of an individual where such is of an inappropriately or unusually low weight.

Being overweight of a person means that such is heavier than what is generally considered healthy for a given body type and height.

Menstrual cycle is the recurring cycle of physiological changes in the females of some animal species that is associated with reproductive fertility; especially the cycle in a human woman.

Medication for birth control methods, which may cause for menstrual cycles lighter or less frequent for some to be more frequent, while others skipped periods or have no periods at all.

Other complications however may cause increased frequency of menstrual cycles but not being underweight.

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