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[–] the_spectre 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Malnourishment doesn't necessarily mean "too thin." BMI says nothing about your body's ability to absorb nutrients.

If your friend really does "eat and eat" but never gains any weight, then there may be something very wrong with her ability to absorb nutrients.

There's really no way to know unless she either gets some tests our counts her calories. Either she's actually malnourished or she just doesn't eat as much as you seem to think she does.

Either way, it'd be best for her health to take the cautious route and just assume that the "malnourishment" comment may have to do with something other than her BMI and the fact that she's thin; there are, in fact, other visual indicators of malnourishment than skinniness.

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[–] AislesOnFire [S] ago 

I do appreciate the concern! All I have to go on is what my friend described to me, which was based on her labs (normal) and BMI. It just seemed very incongruent to me but obvi I am not a physician. Friend has started a multivitamin supplement out of caution.

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[–] RedditThoughtPolice ago  (edited ago)

I would decide one way or the other based solely on if or not my doctor was a fatty.