Word: underweight
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...widely recognized that being excessively over or underweight can affect a woman’s chance of becoming pregnant...
...BIRTH WEIGHT Twins and triplets (not to mention septuplets) often weigh less than normal at birth. But a recent study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control suggests that even single babies conceived through IVF are more likely to be born underweight. Whether that also puts them at greater risk of developmental problems is uncertain...
...easier for humanitarian aid to reach the thousands of Afghans displaced by 23 years of civil war and four years of drought. Even before the recent fighting about 25% of Afghan children died before the age of five and half of all under-fives were believed to be underweight. The British charity Save the Children estimates that up to 100,000 children could die this winter unless sufficient aid reaches the country. Even though around 7,000 Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters are detained in camps, and others are trying to flee the country, isaf has much...
...Here's a three-year-old dotcom that is not only still in business but also turning an annual profit of $640 million. It does so in part by being shamelessly overzealous: as a recent Tufts University review pointed out, even if you tell eDiets you are 15 lbs. underweight, it will recommend you join immediately...
Since I can only dream of being 15 lbs. underweight, however, the site's unflagging enthusiasm was not an issue for me. A few questions in, eDiets determined that I needed to lose 20 lbs. It set my calorie intake (2,100 a day) and whipped up a weekly meal list that was surprisingly edible and offered an inexhaustible supply of substitutions. We settled on an exercise plan--I wanted to do cardio and toning on alternate days--and the site designed a day-by-day exercise routine based on the equipment I own (dumbbells and a rowing machine). Full...