Some of the more common side effects of weight-loss surgery can be difficulty digesting starchy foods and protein, which can lead to other physical conditions including hair loss, fatigue, swelling and muscle weakness.
Just as in the West, it's now very common for women to lose weight - rather than gain it - in time for their wedding day, she says.
Also adding some weight to the common currency was fear that a political crisis in Portugal could push the debt-laden country into seeking a bailout as no agreement on austerity measures can be found on the horizon.
"The most common thing I hear is how much weight people lost without trying to lose weight, " Pratt says.
That might be persuasive if the full weight of America's common-carrier rules as they apply to the telephone business, with all the micro-management they involve, were dumped on the cable industry.
"We see the success stories of people losing all this weight, but it's more common now, " he says.
Without taking up valuable space or weight during missions, X1 could replicate common crew exercises, which are vital to keeping astronauts healthy in microgravity.
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Weight loss plateaus are incredibly frustrating and incredibly common.
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Abdominal pain and diarrhea are common but not universal, and some people suffer from significant weight loss.
The disease can develop when horses distribute their weight unequally among their four legs, which is common when they are distressed, in pain, or uncomfortable.
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Though Shirky's book seems the lighter weight of the two--that's unfortunately common with positive books, even though things tend to get better--on a quick pass it throws off some interesting ideas.
BMI, the ratio of weight in kilograms to the square of height in metres, is a common, if imperfect, gauge of whether someone is over- or underweight.
Weight discrimination in the United States, also termed weight bias, has risen dramatically over the past 15 years and is now as common as racial discrimination.
For example, those few extra pounds will provide fuel for Lagat to burn once he resumes training. (Lagat's racing weight is 130 pounds.) But five-week vacations aren't particularly common, Thompson said, at least not among American athletes.
Other common adverse reactions, reported by 5 to 7 (17-24%) patients, included weight loss, abdominal discomfort, abdominal distension, constipation, flatulence, increased ALT, chest pain, influenza, nasopharyngitis, and fatigue.
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Well, the good news is that the proposal, which ran counter not only to common sense but counter to the views of the international counterpart of FASB, has apparently collapsed of its own weight.
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