noone1:
Do you have an eating disorder or something?
Body builders at the time of competition have like 3% body fat, and they practically starve when cutting.
115 at 5'11 seems way unhealthy.
115 at 5''11 is unhealthy...unless this is his "normal" physiology (there are people who are just like that). My son is also like a beanstalk but he is 12, so we still have hope for him...
Yes, eating disorders are very common in men as well, only that many men aren't really aware of that.
To keep things in perspective (not that we haven't discussed this before): 90% is genetics, so if he feels good and healthy and if he doesn't have immune system issues all the time, he should be fine. I am not exactly thin but perfectly healthy at age 50. Some of my friends who do lots of sports and lead a healthy lifestyle (one is even Vegan), all have health issues, mainly heart issues but there is also one diabetic (and he was never overweight, on the contrary).
Keeping track of food intake is a good thing but when people are very thin and underweight (body mass index can also be useful here...) and are obsessed with the food intake, I would start worrying. The one friend I have who is probably almost as thin is a marathon runner, he runs 20-30 km per day (no exceptions, sun...rain...snow) and up to 100 km on weekends but he eats as much as he wants, doesn't care about his food intake (seriously, he always eats double the food I do and goes through a larger chocolate bar in a couple of seconds ). I wish I had his metabolism.
Back to topic now, I don't want to be accused to have switched the topic again.
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