Metabolism determines how many calories your body burns at rest through BMR and RMR. Understand how age, thyroxine, and pregnancy affect your metabolic speed and energy levels.
Many medications have potential negative side effects. Depending on the type of medication, these can include changes in appetite, energy and activity level, metabolism and weight. Antidepressants are one class of medication that carries a risk of such changes.
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Anorexia nervosa, often called simply "anorexia," is a serious psychological disorder characterized by extreme weight loss through self-starvation, and an unshakable belief that you are still fat no matter how much weight is lost.
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