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| Form of sugar that circulates in the blood and provides the major source of energy for body tissues |
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| Point at which an individual's weight is supposedly centered around; when weight falls below this point, a person feels hunger and experiences decreased metabolism |
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| Body's resting rate of energy expenditure |
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| Eating disorder where a person diets and becomes significantly underweight (by 15% or more), yet continues to feel fat |
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| Eating disorder where a person overeats in binge-periods and subsequently vomits, uses laxatives, fasts, or excessively exercises in order to compensate |
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| Significant binge-eating episodes followed by distress, disgust, and guilt, but without compensatory purging |
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