What does it mean when an elderly person loses weight?
Unintentional weight loss in persons older than 65 years is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. The most common etiologies are malignancy, nonmalignant gastrointestinal disease, and psychiatric conditions.
Why do you not lose weight when you hardly eat?
Hardly eating doesn’t help with long-term weight loss because severe calorie restriction sends your body into conservation, or “survival,” mode. Your body holds onto fat when it doesn’t have enough calories to support normal functioning, according to the Waldo County General Hospital website.
How to tell if someone is losing weight without trying?
He is only 42. He is 5’7″ so his weight loss is about 25% of his body weight in a matter of months without trying. He is to weigh daily and write it down but I’m also trying to keep a food diary and write down when he’s nauseous hopeing that helps.
Why did I start to lose so much weight?
The weight loss started when I was prescribed Paxil (because of course they could not explain my symptoms other than the stress idea). I also, had fundoplication surgery as they thought that many of my symptoms were caused by acid reflux (they were not).
Why did my brother lose so much weight?
My brother lost weight at that rate and it was because he got Type I diabetes as a 38 year old adult. Just a thought. Keep pushing for answers. Ask for a CEA blood test. It will show cancer in the body when other blood tests will not. Thank you for your response.
Hardly eating doesn’t help with long-term weight loss because severe calorie restriction sends your body into conservation, or “survival,” mode. Your body holds onto fat when it doesn’t have enough calories to support normal functioning, according to the Waldo County General Hospital website.
He is only 42. He is 5’7″ so his weight loss is about 25% of his body weight in a matter of months without trying. He is to weigh daily and write it down but I’m also trying to keep a food diary and write down when he’s nauseous hopeing that helps.
The weight loss started when I was prescribed Paxil (because of course they could not explain my symptoms other than the stress idea). I also, had fundoplication surgery as they thought that many of my symptoms were caused by acid reflux (they were not).
Is it possible to lose weight without eating?
In fact, it’s almost impossible to not lose weight without eating. I think we’ve all tried “eating less” or “not eating” to lose weight as a method of weight loss at least once in our lives. The problem is, and I’m sure you already know this, that this way of losing weight is not sustainable long term.
