What percentage of body fat makes you anorexic?

Question

What percentage of body fat makes you anorexic?

Answer 1

A bmi of under 17.5 is classed as anorexic and under 15 is emancipated

Answer 2

not sure

Answer 3

Anorexia isn't about how much body fat you have--it's an eating disorder that describes certain behavior.

Answer 4

anorexia is not determined by bf %. if that was the case i would be suffering from severe anorexia, as my bf is 5%, but in definitely not. bmi has more to do with that.

Answer 5

some skinny models have 30% body fat but look like scarecrows....so i dont know really its more complex

Answer 6

if your BMI is less than 18 then you are considered underweight

healthy weight chart (females only)

5'0"=100lbs

5'1"=105lbs

5'2"=110lbs

5'3"=115lbs

5'4"=120lbs

5'5"=125lbs

5'6"=130lbs

5'7"=135lbs

5'8"=140lbs

5'9"=145lbs

(this weight chart gives a healthy weight to height ratio according to a BMI scale and even gives a few pounds to spare)

Answer 7

anorexia has no relevance to body fat. Even if your skinny that doesn't necessarily mean you have a low body fat percentage.

Answer 8

Irrelevant considering a lot of anorexics have a high body fat percentage due to muscle loss. It's your behaviour that makes you anorexic not your weight, size or body fat percentage.

Hope this helps.

Answer 9

Most anorexics have a very high bodyfat level. They are skinny fat because they have destroyed their metabolism and their bodies have eaten all of their muscle for energy.