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I think you’re just thinking about fitness and healthy living/eating. Throwing up every time you eat more than you “should” have, hating yourself for finishing your plate, constantly feeling hungry, constantly hating how you feel in your own body - these aren’t good.

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I wonder how the negative effects of stress would balance with the positive effects of caloric restrictions on life expectancy.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18612251/

Eating disorders are not good for your life expectancy. From the study: "For example, statistically, a woman who has had AN since 15 years of age is likely to live 25 years less than predicted for the normal population."

No, I'm thinking about the more mild forms of disordered eating like a constant fear of gaining weight and feeling guilty about eating. Anyone who has a sedentary lifestyle needs to be pretty neurotic about food to maintain low body fat. Is a little bit underweight really that bad?

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