title: Decrease in resting metabolic rate during abstinence from bulimic behavior.
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 is an increase in metabolic rate, in part due to increased thyroid hormone activity.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Neuroendocrinology Branch, NIMH, Bethesda, MD 20892.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Altemus
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Hetherington
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Flood
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Licinio
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Bernat
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Gold
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D014284:Triiodothyronine; D013974:Thyroxine