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Table 4 Percentage of subjects who experienced side effects of weight loss during the previous year

From: Patterns of weight loss and supplement consumption of male wrestlers in Tehran

Side effects

Number of subjects (percent)

Fatigue or weakness

104 (24)

Dizziness

57 (13)

Muscle cramps

52 (12)

Anxiety

44 (10)

Headache

31 (7)

Myalgia

26 (6)

Malaise

26 (6)

Nausea

26 (6)

Depression

22 (5)

Diarrhea

13 (3)

Vomiting

13 (3)

Palpitation

13 (3)

Nose bleeding

9 (2)

Feverish

9 (2)

Irritability

9 (2)

Confusion

9 (2)

in-coordination

9 (2)

Visited by a physician

4 (1)

Syncope

4 (1)

Admitted to Hospital

0 (0)

  1. Malaise: an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health
  2. Dizziness: lightheadedness, feeling like you might faint, being unsteady or loss of balance
  3. Syncope: temporary loss of consciousness and posture
  4. Uncoordinated movement: an abnormality of muscle control or an inability to finely coordinate movements, resulting in a jerky, unsteady, to-and-fro motion of the trunk or the limbs
  5. Confusion: the inability to think with your usual speed or clarity
  6. Irritability: quick excitability to annoyance, impatience, or anger
  7. Feverish: showing symptoms indicating fever (as increased heat and thirst or delirium)