Weight loss

Weight loss
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Weight loss, in the context of medicine, health or physical fitness, is a reduction of the total body mass, due to a mean loss of fluid, body fat or adipose tissue and/or lean mass, namely bone mineral deposits, muscle, tendon and
other connective tissue. It can occur unintentionally due to an underlying disease or can arise from a conscious

Weight loss
effort to improve an actual or perceived overweight or obese state.
Contents [hide]
1 Unintentional weight loss 1.1 Causes of unintentional weight loss
2 Intentional weight loss
2.1 Therapeutic weight loss techniques
2.2 Crash dieting
2.3 Weight loss industry
3 See also
4 References
5 External links