WEIGHT LOSS

WEIGHT LOSS Malabsorption Decreased Intake Increased Expenditure Weight Loss GI illness (upper and lower) Psychiatric (Depression, eating disorders) Poverty Abuse Dementia Anorexia as an Adverse Drug Effect Small Bowel Disease (e.g. Crohn's Disease, Celiac Disease) Pancreatic Insufficiency Cholestatic Liver Disease Protein-losing Enteropathy (e.g. Inflammatory Bowel Disease) 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