Nutritional rehabilitation in anorexia nervosa: Review of the literature and implications for treatment

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Marzola, Enrica ^a   Nasser, Jennifer A ^b   Hashim, Sami A ^c   Shih, Pei an B ^d   Kaye, Walter H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Caloric requirements; Nutritional rehabilitation; Refeeding; Refeeding syndrome; Treatment resistance; Weight maintenance; Weight restoration

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; COPPER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; IRON; MAGNESIUM; NICOTINIC ACID; PANTOTHENIC ACID; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; SELENIUM; SODIUM; THIAMINE; THIAMINE PHOSPHATE; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN K GROUP; ZINC;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXERCISE; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERVOLEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; MACRONUTRIENT; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTPATIENT; PROTEIN INTAKE; REFEEDING SYNDROME; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; WEIGHT GAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY INTAKE; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84887385663     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-13-290     Document Type: Review

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