{"id":52766,"date":"2021-06-05T08:55:47","date_gmt":"2021-06-05T12:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=52766"},"modified":"2023-06-06T18:10:57","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T22:10:57","slug":"seven-autoimmune-diseases-that-can-make-you-gain-or-lose-weight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/seven-autoimmune-diseases-that-can-make-you-gain-or-lose-weight\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven Autoimmune Diseases That Can Make You Gain or Lose Weight"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_34412\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 310px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/10\/deepa-kirk-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34412\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/10\/deepa-kirk-2-300x284.jpg\" alt=\"deepa-kirk\" width=\"300\" height=\"284\" 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that causes your own immune system, which is designed to fend off foreign bodies, mistakenly attacks parts of your own body, said Kirk, medical director of the UNC Hospitals Diabetes and Endocrinology Clinic at Eastowne.<\/p>\n<p>Read the article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/health-fitness\/a36559057\/autoimmune-diseases-and-weight-loss-gain\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deepa Kirk, MD, associate professor of medicine in the division of endocrinology and metabolism, explained autoimmune disease to Cosmopolitan magazine. \u201cAn autoimmune disease is any condition that causes your own immune system, which is designed to fend off foreign bodies, mistakenly attacks parts of your own body, said Kirk, medical director of the UNC Hospitals &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/seven-autoimmune-diseases-that-can-make-you-gain-or-lose-weight\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Seven Autoimmune Diseases That Can Make You 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