“…It has been reported that malnutrition is accompanied by physiological abnormalities such as reduced resting energy expenditure (REE) (Platte, Pirke, Trimborn, Pietsch, Krieg, & Fichter, 1994;Vaisman, Rossi, Goldberg, Dibden, Wykes, & Pencharz, 1988) or expansion of the volume of extracellular water (Shizgal, 1985). REE has been shown to be reduced in AN patients, and this reduction might represent a biological tendency to preserve energy sources and cut energy needs (Vaisman et al, 1988). REE is regulated not just by body size but also by other factors such as food intake and hormones (Halliday, Hesp, Stalley, Warwick, Altman, & Garrow, 1979).…”