Decrease in resting metabolic rate during abstinence from bulimic behavior.
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 is an increase in metabolic rate, in part due to increased thyroid hormone activity.
Altemus
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Clinical Neuroendocrinology Branch, NIMH, Bethesda, MD 20892.
Hetherington
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MM
Flood
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Licinio
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J
Nelson
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ML
Bernat
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Gold
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PW
D000328:Adult; D001481:Basal Metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D002032:Bulimia / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D004435:Eating / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000097:blood; D014284:Triiodothyronine / Q000097:blood; D014839:Vomiting / Q000503:physiopathology*; D015431:Weight Loss
D014284:Triiodothyronine; D013974:Thyroxine