During a nutritional assessment the nurse finds that a patient's energy needs exceed nutritional intake.What other assessment finding will the nurse observe?

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When patient's energy needs exceed nutritional intake,weight loss will occur.Energy balance occurs when energy requirements equal energy intake.In general,when a person exceeds his or her energy needs or his or her needs are insufficient,the person either gains or loses weight,respectively.Weight is gained when nutritional intake is more than the body needs.Anabolism is the production of more complex chemical substances by synthesis of nutrients needed to build or repair body tissue; this patient will experience catabolism.Excessive adipose tissue will occur when intake exceeds energy needs; this patient would have insufficient or a lack of adipose tissue.When the body has unused energy,it is stored principally in fat/adipose tissue.

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