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Losing excess weight by eating a healthy diet is one of the best ways of helping to prevent disease. Obesity increases the risk of illness and death due to diabetes, stroke, coronary artery disease, and kidney and gallbladder disorders. The more overweight, the higher the risk becomes.

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Click to view article 1. Weight loss and age
Age and weight lossQuestion:Why does it get harder to lose weight with age?Answer:One must burn more calories...

Symptoms:

  • Weight loss
  • Unintentional weight loss
Click to view article 2. Viral gastroenteritis
Viral gastroenteritis is inflammation of the stomach and intestines caused by a virus. The infection can lead...

Symptoms:

  • Rectal bleeding
  • Moist skin
  • Left upper quadrant abdominal pain
  • Pain
  • Weight loss
Click to view article 3. Anorexia nervosa
Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder that involves limiting the amount of food a person eats. It results in...

Symptoms:

  • Cold intolerance
  • Yellow skin
  • Fainting
  • Slow heart rate
  • Weight loss
Click to view article 4. Major depression
Major depression is when a person has five or more symptoms of depression for at least 2 weeks. These symptom...

Symptoms:

  • Neglected appearance
  • Increased appetite
  • Fatigue
  • Weight loss
  • Regression - mental defense mechanism
Click to view article 5. Stress and anxiety
The source of this uneasiness is not always known or recognized, which can add to the distress you feel.Anxie...

Symptoms:

  • Restless sleep
  • Shortness of breath
  • Anxiety attack
  • Increase in blood pressure
  • Weight loss
Click to view article 6. Depression
Depression may be described as feeling sad, blue, unhappy, miserable, or down in the dumps. Most of us feel t...

Symptoms:

  • Self-depreciation
  • Sudden awakening
  • Outbursts of anger
  • Change in bowel habit
  • Weight loss
Click to view article 7. Alcoholism
Alcoholism is drinking alcoholic beverages at a level that interferes with physical health, mental health, an...

Symptoms:

  • Pain
  • Rambling speech
  • Physical aggression
  • Forgetful
  • Weight loss
8. Acute Stress Disorder
Acute stress disorder(ASD) is an anxiety disorder characterized by a cluster of dissociative and anxiety symp...

Symptoms:

  • Impotence
  • Fear
  • Hives
  • Missed period
  • Weight loss
Click to view article 9. Bulimia
Bulimia is an illness in which a person binges on food or has regular episodes of significant overeating and ...

Symptoms:

  • Suicidal thoughts
  • Heart rate altered
  • Abnormal heart rhythms
  • Depression
  • Weight loss
Click to view article 10. Lactose intolerance
Lactose intolerance is the inability to digest lactose(a type of sugar found in milk and other dairy products...

Symptoms:

  • Weight loss
  • Unintentional weight loss
  • Fatigue
  • Gastrointestinal bleeding
  • Irritability
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