a. High risk of death following surgery b. Death from starvation when suffering from cancer c. Deterioration of nutrition status during hospitalization d. Early death during a famine or in a siege e. High risk of developing heart disease

The given question is incomplete. The complete question is

What is not a risk of being underweight?

Answer:

Higher risk of developing heart disease.

Explanation:

The individual can be characterized as healthy person, over weight and under weight. The under weight person has low weight as mentioned in the criteria of the body mass index.

The overweight person feels low and has less energy to do any work. They may also suffer from the anemia condition, and have low nutrition in their body. They cannot develop the risk of the heart disease because heart disease is more common in over weight people.

Thus, the correct answer is option (e).