Why are ballet dancers so thin?

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The average height of an American ballerina is about 5 foot 2 inches to 5 foot 8 inches. In correspondence to height, weight would ideally range from 85 to 130 lbs. Just by analyzing those numbers, ballerina's body mass indexes are expected to be considerably less than the average women's BMI.
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