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Amount of caloric intake and measured resting metabolic rate during the refeeding period.
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The amount of caloric intake was gradually increased according to clinical results (starting from the increase of body weight) and according to the findings of REE's measures taken every month in the first 120 days (Fig. 1).
The modification of body weight and BMI during treatment period.
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In approximately three months the patient's body weight doubled and BMI and all laboratory investigations normalized; to obtain this result the patient needed approximately 46,900 kcal (Fig. 2).