refeeding

"But the first refeeding must be small and bland.

Approximately 75% of relapses occur within 48 hours of oral refeeding.

Minnesota Starvation Experiment where some effects of refeeding were documented.

They have often gone unnoticed before admission, and may be induced when initial refeeding unbalances the patient's precarious equilibrium.

The incidence of relapse after oral refeeding may be reduced by post-pyloric enteral rather than parenteral feeding prior to oral refeeding.

Eating disorder treatment protocols involving forced refeeding and behavioral therapy are noted to have poor outcomes with individuals suffering from SMA syndrome, contributing to the high mortality rate of the condition.

The idea that parents should be intimately involved in the refeeding of their children can be quite controversial, a departure from the conventional notion that the dynamic between parent and child causes or contributes to the anorexia.

It was during the war that Keys and fellow researchers recognized the importance of knowing how to properly treat the widespread starvation since simple overfeeding for so many would be imprecise and there was a potential that the refeeding would fail.