Skin & bones?

These were our topics this week in A&P, WEEK 2 already!
It should be noted that though obesity is an epidemic and is very clearly a risk factor for premature morbidity and mortality, so is excessive "thinness." Anorexia nervosa, a condition affecting primarily adolescent females, can be fatal. Actuarial tables show that morbidity and mortality rise as BMI drops below normal! One theory of why this may be the case is that excessively low BMI is associated with suicide. (NOTE: ASSOCIATIONS and CORRELATIONS DO NOT INDICATE CAUSALITY!)
SO--take care of your skin (NO SMOKING, avoid UV light in any form) and your bones (proper amounts of vitamin D, calcium, and exercise) and that will contribute to keeping what's in between at a healthy place, too!