For no-calorie load, the point at 1 h was significantly higher in AN patients than in controls (P < 0.05). All control values were significantly lower than any of the values in AN patients (P < 0.001). Anxiety and depressive states as well as fear of being fat were near from zero and did not change...

In this context, we found that thermic effect of food (TEF) was elevated during the refeeding period in malnourished AN patients. It was explained to the patients before sessions that the drip provided "a nutritive mixture whose digestive assimilation and side effects were being investigated."

In AN patients, rating of satiation increased significantly after the three gastric loads. Rating of nausea increased significantly after the three gastric loads, including the 0-kcal one. Significantly higher in AN patients than in healthy women (P < 0.01).