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Weight loss
* Most weight loss occurs because of decreased caloric intake
  - in the first six months of dieting
* Some weight loss is caused by loss of subcutaneous fat stores.
* accompanied by pencil-thin stools can be a sign of a tumor in the lower bowels.
* allows the cells to more easily recognize insulin so that less insulin is required.
* begins by choosing a healthy goal weight.
* can also aid in increasing sex drive.
* can also be a concern for people who fail to eat adequately
  - symptom of a disease or of mouth pain that makes the elder unable to eat
  - due to fluid loss secondary to a low carbohydrate intake
  - improve sleep
  - increase stamina and endurance
  - play a significant role in reducing blood pressure
* can be healthy
  - helpful with heart disease as well
  - one of the single clearest signs of serious illness
  - severe and lead to emaciation
  - cause a vicious cycle of fatigue, muscle-wasting, and loss of appetite
  - happen when a person has esophageal candidiasis for a long time
* can help decrease LDLs
  - improve the harmful effects of being overweight
  - reduce even reverse graying hair
  - regress our biological age and extend life span
  - regrow lost hair
* can help with depression
  - hair regrowth
  - muscle growth
* can improve glucose, lipid and blood pressure control
  - hearing
  - heart function
* can improve insulin resistance therefor improve blood sugar control
  - resistance, and therefore improve blood sugar control
  - sensitivity and reduce insulin levels
  - memory
  - vision
  - increase energy levels
  - lift depression
* can occur and persist for some time
  - even with increased muscle mass
  - extremely rapidly in baby mice
  - from the difficulty in eating
  - in heavily infected people
  - often lead to a reversal of the clinical manifestations
* can reduce gray hair
  - stress on weight-bearing joints and limit further injury
  - wrinkles
  - significantly reduce insulin resistance
  - slow down and even regress aging
  - sometimes greatly reduce snoring
  - treat arthritis
* cardinal sign for concern in geriatric patients.
* combination of reduced caloric intake, high fiber intake, and aerobic exercise.
* common sign of disease.
* consequence of a combination of increased calorie needs and inadequate diet.
* contrasts with a high incidence of weight gain for tricyclic antidepressant use.
* decreases blood pressure, cholesterol levels, and improves diabetes control.
* depends on creating a demand for the energy stored in fat tissue
  - the individual
  - upon creating and sustaining a cumulative calorie deficit over time
* diminishes power and stamina.
* does reduce the frequency and length of the apneic episodes.
* encompasses having a low calorie diet, along with exercise.
* good indicator of dehydration.
* has a negative impact on immunity
  - little to do with willpower
  - many positive health benefits
* helps improve muscle growth
  - increase sex drive
* helps people with diabetes in two important ways
  - prevent and control high blood pressure, diabetes and heart disease
* helps to bring down blood pressure
  - decrease androgen levels and restore fertility
  - with sleep
* improves insulin sensitivity
  - kidney function
* improves liver function as well
* indicates that the battery is emitting gas and losing recombination efficiency.
* is accompanied by a reduction in fat cell size only.
* is achieved by a variety of obsessive behaviors
  - eating less and exercising more
  - limitations set on the volume and nature of food intake
  - actually a misnomer for fat reduction
* is also a symptom
  - variable component of the disease
  - helpful, since fat is stored around the throat
* is an effective treatment for primary snoring or mild obstructive sleep apnea
  - important step towards getting rid of the possible complexities of obesity
  - independent factor affecting morbidity and mortality in pts with tumors
  - issue for many people
* is another American obsession, particularly among women
  - symptom, resulting from the body failing to metabolize glucose properly
  - as important as surgery in ensuring rapid return to normal function
* is associated with certain health problems
  - success and weight gain associated with failure
  - calculated as a measure of termite foraging activity
* is common as many avoid eating because of the pain
  - the disease progresses
  - due to the bowel's inability to absorb sufficient nutrition
  - in patients with giardia
  - to almost all types of cancer
  - when there is extensive chronic inflammation
  - commonly due to the loss of the water bound to glycogen in muscles and the liver
  - correlated with an improved lipoprotein profile in obese post-menopausal women
  - diseases
  - due to increased metabolic rate and calorie consumption and reduced intake
  - essential in most people for optimum health
  - helpful for obese children
  - indicated, usually by a combination of increased activity and decreased food intake
  - known to occur in some patients taking rivastigmine
  - long term more important to the chronic gout patient than the specifics of diet
  - measured in pounds and inches
  - more common for older felines
* is often a matter of diligence and persistence
  - common in the elderly
* is one of the first signs of illness in guinea pigs
  - steps in the fight against sleep apnea
  - significant sign of stress or toxicity
  - preventable and sometimes even reversible
* is recommended for all overweight people who have high blood pressure
  - in overweight persons with two or more risk factors and in obese persons
* is related to age regression, life extension
  - fat loss
* is related to improved hearing
* is related to increased libido
  - seen in metastatic cancer
  - sometimes can be so servere that there loss of menses
  - still calories in and calories out
* is supposed to come from increased metabolism and lowered calorie intake alone
  - occur from increased metabolism and lowered calorie intake alone
* is the baby-boomer phenomenon
  - easy solution to most of the modern day health hazards
  - hallmark of cachexia
* is the key to a successful pregnancy
  - single best factor for predicting persons at risk of malnutrition
* is usually minimal after liposuction because fat weighs very little
  - muscle and fat while weight regained is nearly always fat
  - very effective in the study of anti-aging medicine
* learning process.
* lifetime commitment.
* longterm gradual change in our life style and eating habits.
* major concern to many people, for personal AND health reasons
  - industry in the United States
* matter of arithmetic
  - calorie control
  - mathematics of calorie input and expenditure
* means fat-burning.
* national obsession.
* occurs as the illness progresses
  - worsens
  - early in the course of the disease
* occurs, along with chronic diarrhea
  - milk production drops and animals can die
* plays a key role to good health.
* possible side effect of tamoxifen.
* reduces health risks in the obese.
* reduces the risk for hypertension
  - symptomatic knee osteoarthritis in women
* remains a measure of nutritional status.
* requires a reduction in the amount of total food intake.
* seems to be a national pastime for many American women
  - part of the course of the disease as it progresses further
* sreduces the risk for symptomatic knee osteoarthritis in women.
* varies depending on each individual.
* very complex phenomenon involving multiple factors.
* works best for people who recently gained weight and developed snoring.
+ Candidiasis, Esophageal candidiasis, Signs and Symptoms: Dermatology :: Fungal diseases
  * One sign of esophageal candidiasis is painful swallowing. Weight loss can happen when a person has esophageal candidiasis for a long time.