In Touch Weekly: Taylor Momsen Is 25 lbs Underweight
May 21, 2010 in Taylor Momsen by Versus
Oh dear – let’s see what In Touch says:
With an album coming out this summer and an upcoming tour with her band, The Pretty Reckless, Taylor Momsen has a lot on her plate – but one thing that seems to be missing is food.
“She looks way too thin,” an eyewitness who saw Taylor at a recent even tells In Touch. “You could see her collarbones and her arms were like sticks.”
Dr. Pescatore adds: “Her body is almost as small as it can get and her face is totally sunken in.” He believe the 16-year-old star weight 105 to 110 pounds at most, and she’s five foot eight inches tall. “A normal weight range for someone her height is 135 to 160 pounds,” he tells In Touch.
Dr. Pescatore says being underweight can cause some serious health issues for Taylor – especially because she’s so young.
“She can lose her menstrual cycle and her ability to have children because once her perios stops, it’s had to get it back again and produce healthy eggs,” he explains. A host of other problems, like a weakened immune system and a loss of bone mass, are also possible, says Dr. Pescatore.
Taylor insists she’s fine, physically and emotionally: “I eat healthy and I’m naturally thin… I’m doing what I love and I’m still grounded.”
Don’t you just love these experts that give their opinions in tabloids? Another tabloid said that Mariah Carey is pretty much on her “death bed” because she looks close to 200 pounds, and now they are picking on a 16 year old’s weight – well, she is still growing!
What’s your opinion on this story?
she looks good in jeans.
Not only is she still growing, but the doctor and/or the tabloids are exaggerating things a tad to sell the story. I am 5ft8 and weigh 115 pounds, and I am nowhere near underweight. That being said, she did seem very very skinny in one of your other posts about her this month Versus – she looks fine here though.
5’8 and 115 pounds is underweight. Medically. Not meant to be an insult as I am similar in height and weight. However, I understand that I am slightly underweight. 5’8 and 115 is not healthy, I’m sorry.
Yeah 5ft8 and 115lb is definitely underweight. But there will be times when a person has a particularly small frame for their height. It’s not healthy for the majority, but there are always exceptions.
I know plenty of girls (and women) who are 5″7, 5″8 and very very slender. I mean, more slender than I could be even if i were a skeleton. their frame is just very slight but tall. It happens. you can tell when people are naturally very skinny because even though they are slim, they don’t have bones poking out everywhere and they still have some curve, muscle and fat.
The BMI is a piece of piss. Because people REALLY do have exceptionally different bone structures. If you go by bone size, it has an even more varied healthy weight distribution than the BMI ever has. You only have to look at peoples joints to see when someone has large or slender bones. Wrists will be tiny or huge, as will elbows and knees. If they jut out too much, then thats more of a sign of being too low a weight than the BMI is.
What! you have no competence to make that statement! BMI is inaccurate has been for decades! I am very tired of unprofessional statements by people who should know better. It is past time when we were better educated. Next time have a look at healthy teenagers and notice the hipbone are sticking out. Fast forward to 30 same lie down on back hip bones not in evidence.
My little cousin is 5’8″ she’s the most happy energetic girl ever and she is full of life and she’s not much more than 110lbs at the most! She’s a string bean but completely healthy in every way. Taylor is a young girl and that might be her body type. If she was 90lbs I would be calling the doctor – thats way too low. And yes she is still growing!!! She by no means looks sickly.
There is no way to show a photo from a tabloid magazine and compare it to reality. Young people in general do not weigh in as much as mature. No one can make blanket statements like that. Look around the world and there are tribal and racial exceptions to every one of the rules. This is just so they can sell magazines.
She’s only 16, to me it looks that’s she’s naturally thin… actually my best friend’s body used to look a lot like her’s when we were teenagers… so i think she weights between 115 and 120 pounds.
shes very thin but i remember when i was 16 looooads of girls in my school were naturally skinny then when they got about 18 they put loads of weight on. I was the other way round, a chubby kid then when i got to 18 i got skinny for no reason lol. weight changes loads when you’re that age and i do think its really unfair to pick on a 16 year olds body
i was the exact same way…i weighed about 30 lbs more in HS. i honestly am grateful because it forced me to learn healthy habits early and not rely on a naturally great metabolism
agreed. i was pretty chubby in high school. about 50lbs overweight but throughout college the pounds came off. obviously i worked out and ate healthy. but it taught me a young age how to eat healthy and be active so i’m kinda grateful for being kind of bigger in my teens. but yeah most teenage girls i knew in hs gained weight in their early 20′s.
oh girls, you’re really making me hopeful! not that i’m fat but yeah, it sounds good…
i think she is too skinny, and there is probably a lot of pressure to be think when you’re anxious about growing into a woman anyway, and then in the tabloids…but i just think people should not talk about, well, kids’s bodies…same for miley cyrus, dacota fanning, etc.
Haha me too! I was always so self conscience about my weight in High School, all of my friends and all of the so called “popular girls” back then were a good 20-30 lbs lighter than me. Part of the reason was because I have hypothyroidism and wasn’t correctly medicated, but I was also pretty unactive and ate junk all the time.
Now, I have one of the best bodies out of everyone I know. It’s because I got medicated, changed my diet, and work hard in the gym 6-7 days a week. I’m so happy that the tables are now turned! To all the people who made fun of me in my teen years: in your faces! lol
in this picture she doesn’t look that skinny. but in GG she looks scary
i think those experts are ignorants
she has skinny legs and arms but thats her body type
ignorants!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wow Glad to hear that after 16 years of medical studies, you’re considered as ignorant!! wow!
I think the press is disregarding her age because of the fact that she doesn’t LOOK like a 16 year old, but the fact is is that she is 16 and her body is still maturing. I think she’s naturally thin, in my opinion.
I think she looks a lot skinnie now than she did when GG started (not based on that pic), but i think these “expert” comments are ludacris. What doctor would want to join that guessing game of peoples weight and health. Baffles me.
I would lie if I would say I dont want her body. But yes, she´s skinny. At some pics she seems to be too skinny.
jeeeez, she is only 16. so many girls of her age are even skinnier than she is. somebody gains weight through teenage years, somebody is stick thin. moreover, she has always been like that.
the “doctor” should stop talking s*** about young starlets of hollywood and get a real job.
LMAO yeah that is a very silly article. She’s 16, there is nothing shocking or scary about her size its totally normal!
http://taylor-momsen.net/pictures/displayimage.php?album=541&pos=3
Look at this pic, she has so skinny arms!
My arms look exactly like that and my BMI is 19.5
You can’t guess weight, and you can’t judge underweightness by visual stuff alone.
agreed, mine look like that too.
Oh well if some “eye witness” and “Dr. Pescablublu” said so it must be true, as if any professional doctor would comment on a teenager who is not even their patient, and on In Touch of all magazines. And yeah her cheeks are soooo sunken in, really? how round is one’s face supposed to be? And no, you don’t lose your menstrual cycle at a 110 pounds and 173 cm, definitely not if you are naturally thin,you have to go below that. She might look thinner than she was three years ago, though i haven’t noticed, but that’s what happens when you are thin and you grow.
she´s 16 and not full grown.. a lot of 16 year old girls are underweight. But I do think she´s too thin.
Pay me to care. I have skinny arms, too, always have.
Do I think its funny that doctors comment in tabloids without knowing solid facts about the actors or singers they are talking about – yes. However, I dont know why everything thinks the “doctor” is talking nonsense. Taylor is extremely thin- is she naturally that thin- we do not know.. but the fact of the matter is it does not matter how young you are, if your bmi is too low and you are extremely underweight it IS dangerous. To say its normaly for a 16yr old to be so thin that you can count every rib is not necessarily true. In fact if her period does stop from her being so underweight (which does happen) it can lead to alot of problems for her. Taylor has definetely lost weight since season 1 of gossip girl so we dont really know for sure if she is “naturally this thin”. Either way i do not like this girl at all, she is extremely cocky and makes it a point to not be a role model. And to say so many girls are skinnier than her- she weighs almost 20lbs less then models who are at that height (or mayb an inch taller) … any thinner then her and the person would disappear.
Where is this picture where I can count every one of her ribs?
And how can you compare her weight to a model’s weight if you don’t really know her weight?
don’t know too much about her but she’s not that thin like everyone makes her out to be. and i’ve known plenty of thin women who happen to have their periods on a daily basis so the doctors need to shut up. it seems no matter what size you are you can’t win. and for the record taylor is an actress, not someone to save the world and teach girls a lesson when she’s still young herself.
(a) You’ll be hard pressed to find many models that are 5’8″ these days. If you think they can’t be “skinnier” than her then try looking at some of the pics from paris/milan fashion weeks. Taylor would look positively “healthy” compared to some of the girls on those catwalks. I dare say this would be reflected in their weights.
(b) Seen no pictures where you can “count her ribs”…but even if there is, plenty of slender people’s ribs are visible when they’re leaning over/leaning sideways. Doesn’t necessarily mean anything…especially if they don’t carry much weight around their torso. Both her build and how she’s holding her body in the pics would need to be taken into account if you wanted to conclude anything from them.
(c) BMI is CRAP! Don’t trust weight and/or BMI as an indicator of health. Trust actual indicators of health…if there was something suggesting she was unwell, that would be a different story.
Tori Spelling is way skinnier. Besides, she’s a kid! When I was 16 I weighed 100lbs and I at like a man!
this just seems wrong to pick on her. she’s still growing. i was underweight at 16 too, but its because she’s developing. tabloids need to lay off her.
It’s amazing how a doctor could actually comment on her health without examining her. There certainly is nothing unhealthy looking about her, she has a very nice body.
i very much agree. when i was her age i weighed in the 90′s at 5″4 and everything on me checked out by a doctor turned out to be healthy!
I do think she looks thin, but it could be natural. And by saying that you can see her collar bones doesn’t mean anything. You can see a lot of people’s collarbones (and not just skinny supermodels. There are a lot of people with prominent collar bones.)
I can’t believe I’m actually siding with Taylor Momsen on this one. XD
gee, theres nothing wrong with her. and arent we suppose to see people’s collarbones? its not like you should have a huge layer of fat in that area under your neck covering the pokey bones
its always extremes. if she WAS 160 they would call her obese. my little sister looks like her and shes like 100 lbs at same age (but shorter).
She’s an ectomorph, it’s her natural body type.
Good grief…we have no idea what if she’s “healthy” or not and these articles are so stupid. Judging someone’s overall healthy by their appearance alone is silly.
No idea who this girl is (still) but she just looks like a regular thin girl.
Face looks sunken? Looks pretty normal to me.
If she really was underweight, she’d probably start fainting and her family would be advising her to SEE a doctor.
Not some doctor to make an observation and put his opinion in a magazine. :/
[...because once her perios stops, it’s had to get it back...] Bad typos.
He’s not even her doctor, what a quack!
duh! she’s a child! for god sake… her body still developing! stupid tabloid!
She’s always been very skinny. Some girls are just like that. I doubt she’s healthy though. We see pictures of her smoking (at 16?!), who knows what she does when there aren’t cameras.
whatever she is young. i was underweight until junior year, and i ate all the time. she is a very active young girl, i bet she’s fine. she’ll fill out as she ages.
this minute ppl are saying underweight is unhealthy, the nest minute they are putting over-weight women on a cover of magazine. why are they supporting over-weighted women now?
She’s bigger than I am and I have a BMI of 19.
I know we all have different bodies, but there is no way that she weighs that little.
If she’s “underweight”, it’s just slightly.
she is sixteen! disregarding the debate about whether or not she’s naturally this thin, i don’t think it’s right to smear her alleged health problems all across a magazine spread… especially because i’m sure that if asked to provide any evidence of his estimations being anywhere near accurate, mr. doctor guy would look pretty stoopid. these are guesstimations, probably designed to seem dramatic. taylor is only a teenager, and i’m sure we all remember what being sixteen was like- angst, angst, angst. and i didn’t even have to deal with eating disorder speculations from the media.
seriously? people are rediculous! i am the same age as her however im only 5’5 BUT i do weigh about 110-115 and even i get hassaled about it. its the most annoying and rude thing. that is her body and that is how god made her and she should not have to deal with stuff like this. leave the god damn girl alone her body is fine and so is someone who is alot heaver then her. there is nothing wrong with people being different shapes and saves
I agree 100%. Same height and weight here! 110lbs 5’5″. I’ve always been like this thought so people who know me don’t bug me because they know! Besides if I was bigger my little bones couldn’t take it!!! This is my natural and comfy weight and I dont care what people say. I’ll let my doctor tell me if I’m unhealthy or not – I’m 100% healthy and strong according to him! So yes – thats all that matters for both of us!
she’s skinny obviously, and i’m sure she’s gotten a little thinner the more popular Gossip Girl has become, but in the first season even she was pretty thin
i like her, even though she sounds kind of… meh on paper, in interviews if you actually watch them she seems very smart and normal
People definitely need to back off.
I’m 5’5″…when I was 16, I was constantly accused of being anorexic. I weighed 95lbs and no matter what I ate, that stuff went right through me. I *tried* to gain weight. Most teens have that ability to be naturally thin.
I’m 25 now, things are definitely different. Let her grow into it, then judge.
she;s too young to be criticized like this…the media should lay off…
though her smoking is definitely a bad habit
Although TM is thin and yes underweight, in medical terms. This is very normal for a girl of her age. It’s not good to make assumptions on a person that most know nothing about. Watch as her age progresses so will her weight. For each decade you live you metabolism slows 10%, she has a few more years to go before any significant weight is added to her thin frame. When i was in high school i was 5″4 and always in the mid 90′s, i ate more than my close 300 lb uncle at dinner. The weight just would melt off and that that i did not even exercise! As the years went on in my high school days my weight healthfully started to go up as well my eating habits did not change much in fact i ate a little less on some occasions my metabolism was just slowing down a little bit. Bottom line no worries, just because some one is small does not mean they are anorexic.
(ceb) I almost forgot to add, I also had regular periods every month never skipped one or ever “lost my period” till i got pregnant.
she’s only 16 so it could be just her body type, but in her case I think it isn’t ’cause she used to be a healthier weight
Yes, technically she is underweight, but you’ve gotta give some leeway with this whole bmi thing. No number can always be exact for YOU. We’re all different and different factors affect your weight. My arms are sticks. My collarbones have always protruded outrageously. My hip bones are prominent. For most of my life and probably even now I’m “underweight” yet I’m always the one at the table who eats the most lol. Save for my boobs and my derriere, people might think I’m starving myself. She’s just 16. Give her a little break. The bmi numbers cannot be exact for everyone.
yea thats underweight for an adult but for children under 18 the bmi is more leniant because they are still growing
Well in my expert opinion (as a commentor on the Internet) she does look unhealthy and underweight. Not in this pic but generally she looks almost sick. I think we all saw her thighs in the last post about her.
And I hope everyone noticed the shadow behind her is making her look about twice as big as she really is.
I don’t think magazines like InTouch should be commenting on her weight because of her age, but knowing her, she would probably enjoy the attention. That being said, I don’t think she looks sickly at all – a lot of teenage girls have fast metabolisms, and I don’t think she looks severely underweight.
she doesn’t look skinny at all – if she is underweight then what does normal weight look like ???
she looks like somebody with a normal weight – and some docs should keep their mouth, because they only comment those stories to become more popular.
She doesn’t look underweighted in the pic above.
So I can’t stand the girl, but she doesn’t look unhealthy to me. She is slim, yes, but I was just as slim when I was 16. Now I am definitely not as skinny, women GROW! She’ll probably fill out in time, right now she has a very enviable body to a lot of women!
i think she looks quite curvy
Whoever wrote that is wrong and clearly has no idea what they’re talking about. 5 ft 8 and 122lbs is a BMI of 18.5 (the minimum healthy BMI.) So technically she is 12-17lbs underweight depending on whether she’s 105 or 110.
At one time recommended minimum weight was lower than it is now. Then at 5’8″ it was fine to weigh 116. At that time she would have been only 6-11 pounds underweight, and it would never have been talked about.. Now she’s supposed to be 124 or so. Look at all the obesity that is so common now. The average woman in the US is now 5’3.8″, 163 pounds and has a 36.5″ waist. Has the medical community simply caught up with obesity and now it’s “healthy” to weigh more? I’d rather be 5’8″ and weigh 110 than weigh what she would based on the average which would put her at 175 allowing for 3 pounds more per inch. Leave her alone cause she is so young and I’m sure she will gain some as she gets a little older. But that’s another conversation for another time… why we continue to gain with age.
http://ezinearticles.com/?Average-Female-Height-and-Weight—Find-Out-How-You-Measure-Up?&id=2068871
http://www.wonderquest.com/size-women-memory.htm
no offense, but I cannot imagine having a 36 inch waist. Mine’s 24.
Those of you who are saying to leave her alone: I’m sure if she were fat, you’d care.
she doesnt look skinny at all she just looks average to be honest.i remember her saying a while back her measurements were 34-26-39 wich diesnt sound to skinny to me…
Well,she is underweight but,she’s only 16,come on ! :S
what the HELL? are you kidding me!? just because she is a little on the skinny side it’s assumed that she doesn’t eat!? i’m skinnier than her and i eat like a horse
Actually is she closer to 5’6 than 5’8. she may be underweight, but not in any dangerous zone ^^
And who the hell cares if she smokes cigarettes lots of kids her age does, is just as normal as drinking coffie.