Correction: Unintentional weight loss in older adults Page 1 Letters © 2011 Canadian
Medical Association or its licensors CMAJ, May 17, 2011, 183(8) 935 Unintentional weight …

© 2011 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors CMAJ, March 8, 2011, 183 (4) 443
were identified from searching bibliographies of retrieved articles and by consulting a …

I read, with interest, the two letters to the editor from Kyle et al. and Aronne et al. in the
August issue of Obesity (1, 2) regarding the use of the word “recidivism” to describe weight …

Unintentional weight loss often signals serious pathology. Estimates suggest 13.3% of the
population experiences unintentional weight loss, and up to 7% experiences a loss …

Unintentional weight loss in people older than 65 years is associated with increased
morbidity and mortality. Nonmalignant diseases are more common causes of unintentional …

• Do I feel my clothes getting wider?• Do I feel that I lost some height?• Do I feel more tired,
have a low appetite, or wake up with a lot of sweat?• Do I feel problems swallowing such as …

TO THE EDITOR: I found the concept expressed in the article,“Is it Time to Change the Way
We Report and Discuss Weight Loss,”(1) to be an advance in our discussion of weight loss …

Your 76 year old patient Edna proudly tells you that without even trying, her weight is down
from 145 to 124 pounds in just 6 months. At 5'1” tall and 145 pounds her BMI was 27.4 which …