Abstract
Indirect evidence suggests that cancer anorexia is associated with specific aversions to macronutrients. To investigate this, patients with cancer anorexia and hospitalized control subjects devised 3-day menus comprising foods that they wished to eat. These foods were then provided for 3 days and the intakes of each food carefully measured. As expected, patients with cancer anorexia consumed substantially less energy than hospitalized control subjects (6.0 ± 0.9 MJ vs 9.5 ± 0.5 MJ, P < 0.001). However, macronutrient composition was consistently maintained in the patients with cancer anorexia. These data argue against cancer anorexia representing a state of macronutrient aversion.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 579-581 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | British Journal of Cancer |
Volume | 78 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 1998 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Anorexia
- Cancer
- Dietary composition
- Dietary intake
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Oncology
- Cancer Research