Is 2% body fat healthy?

Ok, well, I am a gymnast and one of my friends is a gymnast, and she 5 ft, 4in. and is only 2% body fat! Is that healthy???

dought it because body fat is also a way to store energy

nope...
she will die of hypothermia...
and I dont think she has just 2%

Dear ithnku8mysock,
There is no way she has just 2% body fat...but if her body fat is very low she will probably not get her periods, she will find her ability to think will drop. We need fat to fuel the brain. She may find her system will start to break down and will experience a host of medical problems. You may start to notice excessive hair growth on her face due to hormone imbalances.
Sue...good luck

I'm not sure 2% is even possible for women. If someone has only 2% body fat they would be near death.

The leanest woman I ever met was Olympic marathon runner Francie LaRue and she was at 6% body fat. Her exercise physiologist husband assured me that she was healthy at her weight but I doubt women could be healthy any leaner than her.

thats a loada bull 2% body fat~ yeah rite

haha she's lying, she thinks she's hot sh*t but she's really just cold diarrhea.

Bruce Lee used to have a ridiculasly low bodyfat percentage too (I think it was 1%) but yeah that is dangerously low she needs to add some bodyfat.

tinatodder4... I don't think I'm anything...
sorry alyson... I went back.. its 4% now..
last time at the doc it was 2... ihave written records...

and you guy s remember... we ARE gymnasts.

wow...when I was 4 11 I was only 5% eep! that is so not healthy for 2