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Sudden Weight Change



A change in our appearance due to a sudden change in our weight can greatly affect how we feel, from our energy levels to our self-esteem and identity. Even if weight gain or loss is our goal, our body’s normal mechanisms for regulating our weight have healthy parameters: pushing our body too hard in either direction is usually a sign that something is dangerously out of balance and can have serious consequences. There are many ways that lifestyle changes, disease, or medicinal side effects can have these dynamic changes on our bodies, and it’s important to explore what might be happening and how we can restore balance to our systems.

If you or someone you know is in immediate need of support, please seek professional help. If you are in crisis, here are some immediate free resources.

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Losing and Gaining Weight During Cancer Treatment

Part of a Facebook Live webchat in which Stacy Kennedy, MPH, RD, discussed the latest in nutrition and cancer, including the elements of a healthy diet and how to eat while managing the side effects of cancer treatment.

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Cancer Treatment Side Effect: Involuntary Weight Loss

Involuntary weight loss is a serious side effect of cancer and its treatment for many patients.

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8 Tips for Managing Weight during and after Cancer Treatment

Cancer and its treatments can affect your eating habits — and your weight. Since weight gain or loss can affect your prognosis or your chance of recovery, it’s important to be mindful of what you eat during and after treatment.

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Cancer Weight Loss—Fast and Unintentional

Unexplained rapid weight loss can be the sign of cancer or other health problems.

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Why Does Cancer Cause Weight Loss?

Unexplained weight loss is not considered normal and may be a sign of a serious illness, such as cancer. In fact, weight loss can be both a symptom of cancer and a side effect of treatment or the illness itself.

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Why Does Cancer Cause Weight Loss?

What is the connection between weight loss and cancer? There are actually multiple reasons for this, some coming before a diagnosis, others as a result of treatments.

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Weight Changes

Weight changes, either loss or gain, are common during cancer treatment.

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Chemo Diet

Chemo does affect taste buds. Ironically, just when patients need calories the most, food just doesn't taste the same. Some patients complain of a metal taste in their mouth. Others lose their appetite altogether.

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Anticancer: A New Way of Life

David Servan-Schreiber was a rising neuroscientist with his own brain imaging laboratory when, in the middle of an equipment test, he discovered a tumor the size of a walnut in his own brain.

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Stress Made Me Lose My Appetite and Weight, But No One Understood How Dangerous It Was

One woman's experience of the other side of stress eating — being unable to.

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