Activity level can be affected by disabilities such as heart failure, chronic pain, arthritis, chronic fatigue, or lung disease.
Medications can cause weight gain or loss, appetite increase or decrease, or fluid retention.
Examples include some antidepressants, antipsychotics, steroids, and hormones. The above influences are often ignored by health professionals as they assist people in weight management and recovery from eating disorders. Medical and lay people alike use formulas, evaluation tools, and charts to determine appropriate weights as well as expected weight gain or loss projections. We are not all the same, and we are not all supposed to be the same. As we look around, we can see that we all have different skin tones, eye colors, hair colors and heights.