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What Diet Need To Be Followed To Lose Weight During Dialysis?
Hi I'm caring for a bedridden person and I'm struggling with how to get her to lose weight, she won't eat soup or most vegetables, it's getting to be a huge problem even for the hospital when she has dialysis three times a week. Please help.
In such patients, morbid obesity can be an issue, which most probably got them to where they are no (i.e. physically). I would strongly recommend only diet and exercise. Make the individual move around, exercise, not sit around in one place. Of course diet will also contribute, but please do not consider medications to help with weight loss as they come with a common side effect of depression and this can greatly worsen the state of mind of individuals who are already going through a lot.
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What Diet Need To Be Followed To Lose Weight During Dialysis?
Hello and welcome. In such patients, morbid obesity can be an issue, which most probably got them to where they are no (i.e. physically). I would strongly recommend only diet and exercise. Make the individual move around, exercise, not sit around in one place. Of course diet will also contribute, but please do not consider medications to help with weight loss as they come with a common side effect of depression and this can greatly worsen the state of mind of individuals who are already going through a lot. Hope you understand. Best wishes.