Compromised digestion gastric emptying is delayed

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The medical history of a young girl who is greatly underweight shows that she had three-quarters of her small intestine removed after she was injured in a car accident. What are two reasons this could account for her underweight condition even though her medical chart shows she eats well. The medical history of a young girl who is greatly underweight shows that she had three-quarters of her small intestine removed after she was injured in a car accident. What are two reasons this could account for her underweight condition even though her medical chart shows she eats well. Her food choices are not nutrient dense. She has compromised digestion Gastric emptying is delayed. She has compromised absorption.

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