Decrease in resting metabolic rate during abstinence from bulimic behavior.
Published in The American journal of psychiatry • Aug 1, 1991
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Altemus M
Hetherington MM
Flood M
Abstract
Among eight normal-weight bulimic women studied during 1 week of binge eating and vomiting and 7 weeks of abstinence without weight loss, resting metabolic rate and T3 and T4 levels fell significantly during abstinence. These data suggest that a physiological consequence of binge eating and vomiting...
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