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[Dysphagia] defining weight loss


  • Subject: [Dysphagia] defining weight loss
  • From: ppalmer at medonline.com (Phyllis M. Palmer)
  • Date: Wed Mar 1 19:43:47 2006

This questions may be more for the dietary/nutrition folks...Is there a 
gold standard definition for weight gain or weight loss? If a patient 
has a 6 lb weight loss in a year, is that considered within normal 
fluctuation? I am unable to locate any formal definitions of weight 
loss/gain. Any advice or thoughts?

Thanks.
Phyllis

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Phyllis M. Palmer, Ph.D.       Speech Language Pathologist
University Of New Mexico

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