Originally Posted by SimpleCycle
Actually, below 18.5 is UNDERWEIGHT, and there hasn't been much research done on the effects of being underweight, because it is such a small proportion of the population. But there is some evidence that underweight people are slightly more likely to die prematurely. I read this in an article in Scientific American this past month, but I can't find the link right now.
Well I can tell you that people who are slightly overweight are more likely to die prematurely as well.