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Anorexia nervosa 2: nutrition therapy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 September 2013
In a nutshell
Issues for nutrition treatment of AN include: resistance to weight regain (e.g. from elevated REE) disproportionate central fat deposition, persistent immune, bone and muscle impacts.
Very few studies on nutrition in AN are RCTs. Those few that are do not give any consistent picture. Two small trials did find a benefit from zinc supplements.
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