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refeed - What does it mean?

Definition of 'refeed'

English

Verb

  • To feed again, especially after a period of starvation or malnourishment.
  • * {{quote-book|1997|David M. Garner|chapter=Psychoeducational principles in treatment|Handbook of Treatment for Eating Disorders, 2nd ed.|editors=Garner & Garfinkel citation
  • |passage=The group of volunteers who received a relatively small increment in calories during refeeding (400 calories more than during semistarvation) had no rise in BMR for the first 3 weeks.}}

    Derived terms

    * refeeder * refeeding syndrome

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