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    Consider weight loss in categories: 1. Reduced calorie intake 2. Reduced absorption (malabsorption) 3. Increased expenditure and so we get... 1.

    Reduced intake -causes of dysphagia -causes of vomiting -anorexia (nervosa and other causes e.g.malginancy) 2. Reduced absorptioon -Coeliac's disease -Inflammatory Bowel disease -Chronic Pancreatitis 3.Increased expenditure -thyrotoxicosis -malignancy

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