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Table 5 Excess calories to gain weight in anorexia nervosa (kcal/kg of weight gain)

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

 

R-AN

BP-AN

AN

Walker et al., 1979 [17]

6401 ± 1627

  

Newman et al., 1987 [56]

4937.8  ± 1675

5324.1 ± 2457.3

 

Forbes et al., 1982 [57]

  

4730 ± 540

Russell and Mezey, 1962 [58]

  

7525 ± 585

Dempsey et al., 1984 [55]

  

9768 ± 4212

Kaye et al., 1988 [45]

  

8301 ± 2272

Sunday and Halmi, 2003 [25]

3055

2788

 

Gentile, 2012 [44]

  

3500–7000

Mehler et al., 2010 [59]

  

1800-4500

  1. Legend:
  2. R-AN: anorexia nervosa restricting subtype.
  3. BP-AN: anorexia nervosa binge-purging subtype.
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