Specialized refeeding treatment for anorexia nervosa patients suffering from extreme undernutrition.

Background & Aims: Refeeding severely malnourished patients with Anorexia nervosa requires specialized in-patient treatment to reduce medical risks, to avoid refeeding syndrome and other life-threatening situations.

Methods: The authors present a retrospective cohort nutritional rehabilitation study of 33 very severe Anorexia nervosa in-patients, aged 22.8 ± 7.