While there is one group of people striving so hard to lose their excess body weight, there is one group who tries all possible methods to add some pounds to their body. Their dream is to transform themselves from a skinny physique to plumpy skin. Being underweight is your major concern and if you are losing your weight day by day, then you should take this issue seriously. Immediately consulting the best dietician should be your next thought. Ashu Gupta who is an expert dietician and nutritionist helps you in fixing the right diet for you to build your body mass. In this article, we look at ways to tell if you are underweight, the causes and treatments recommended by our dietician.

What is Underweight?

Underweight really means that your body mass index (BMI) falls below 18.5, according to the Center for Disease Control(CDC). Being underweight also can put you in a pathetic situation of having a host of health concerns. This is because your body may not be getting the nutrients, it needs to build healthy bones, skin, and hair. While you may have a genetic background or a medical illness that prevents yourself from putting on weight. Still, our dietician could figure out some ways to help you gain enough body weight.

Causes

There are multiple underlying causes of why a person may be underweight. Major causes of being underweight include:

• Family history

Some people always remain skinny due to physical characteristics that run in their family.

• A high metabolism

Having a high metabolism will not allow you to gain weight even though you eat high-energy foods.

• Frequent physical activity

Engaging in regular physical activities can burn significant amounts of calories that result in low body weight.

• Physical illness and Mental illness

Both of them will affect your level of appetite, thereby resulting in reduced intake of food.

What are the risks of being Underweight?

Some of the health risks that are associated with people having low body weight or having poor nutrition.includes:

• Malnutrition

A lack of enough healthy foods with key nutrients to your body can cause malnutrition. This can also lead to anemia or a deficiency in essential vitamins.

• Osteoporosis

There is also an increased risk of low mineral Density and osteoporosis with your low body mass.

• Decreased immune function

Increased infections are found to be common in underweight people, therefore immune function decreases.

• Increased risk for complications from surgery

Underweight people face difficulties during recovery from a surgery

• Fertility issues

Irregular or missed menstrual cycles indicates that you aren’t ovulating. Chronic anovulation leads to infertility.

• Developmental disability

Growth and development issues are especially found in children and teenagers. As your brain needs enough nutrients to develop properly, the underweight children may be missing key nutrients due to malnutrition and malabsorption. That can impact the development of the brain and lead to delays in developmental milestones.

Treatment

Our Dietician Ashu Gupta helps you suggesting a healthy weight gain program which includes the following:

1. She performs a detailed analysis of lifestyle, food habits, medical problems, and weight loss reasons. This can be done online through mail or call or person's visit to the clinic.

2. Diets are planned considering all the criteria. Intensive follow up and support is also provided with the program so that weight can be gained as fast as possible.

Book an appointment with our dietician today if you wish to see a rapid weight gain in a matter of months!