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Is it true that every recovering anorexic has a hypermetabolism?
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Stress: If the body is stressed or insulted it may become hypometabolic and in recovery (from anorexia) it may try to compensate for lost ground by reving up the metabolic rate.
Answered 11/22/2013
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