WEIGHT LOSS

WEIGHT LOSS Main Categories Decreased Intake GI illness (upper and lower) Psychiatric (Depression, eating disorders) Poverty Abuse Dementia Anorexia as an Adverse Drug Effect Dental Disease Malabsorption Small Bowel Disease (e.g., Crohn’s Disease, Celiac Disease) Pancreatic Insufficiency Cholestatic Liver Disease Protein-losing Enteropathy (e.g., Inflammatory Bowel Disease) Increased Expenditure Increased Protein/Energy Requirements (e.g., Post-Surgical, Infections, Trauma, Burns) Cancer Hyperthyroidism Chronic Cardiac/Respiratory distress (e.g., COPD) Chronic Renal Failure Adrenal Insufficiency Poorly Controlled Diabetes Mellitus HIV