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17 Years Old, Thin, Suffering From Anxiety, Unable To Gain Weight. Can Anxiety Attacks Cause Weight Loss?

I am 17, and have a question about anxiety ...I am underweight and my doc wants me to gain weight but I cant seem to. Its not the doc i can ask this kind of question too, but I am thinking that my anxiety may be keeping me from gaining any weight. I am counting calories to track my progress, How many calories can I lose from a small anxiety attack moderate attack and heavy attack? If you need too know my higth and all that, I am 5 -8 , female, and i do excersize a moderate amount.
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Hello.
Thanks for writing to us.
Anxiety does add to loss of calories from your bod. It is difficult to calculate the exact number of calories that are lost but a mild attack can make you lose upto 100 K cal from your body. Please do not be anxious and be stress free.
I hope this information has been both informative and helpful for you.
Regards,
Dr. Praveen Tayal
drtayal72@gmail.com
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17 Years Old, Thin, Suffering From Anxiety, Unable To Gain Weight. Can Anxiety Attacks Cause Weight Loss?

Hello. Thanks for writing to us. Anxiety does add to loss of calories from your bod. It is difficult to calculate the exact number of calories that are lost but a mild attack can make you lose upto 100 K cal from your body. Please do not be anxious and be stress free. I hope this information has been both informative and helpful for you. Regards, Dr. Praveen Tayal drtayal72@gmail.com