“…Factors related to the disease, its treatment or emotional distress may contribute to anorexia (DeWys, Costa, & Henkin, 198 1 ; Grosvenor et al, 1989;Ollenschlager, Viell, Thomas, Konkol, & Burger, 1991). Reduced food intake has been shown to be correlated with functional decline (Ottery, 1994;Sarna, Lindsey, Dean, Brecht, & McCorkle, 1993) and impaired quality of life of cancer patients (Lanham & DiGiannatonio, 1988;Ollenschlager, Thomas, Konkol, Diehl, & Roth, 1992).…”