What Is Bulimia

Bulimia

By Mike Herman

Bulimia is an eating disorder that is easy to keep secret. It's said, not surprisingly, that bulimia is the most secretive of all eating disorders.

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What is Bulimia Nervosa?

By Understanding Eating Disorders

It was only in 1979 that bulimia nervosa was recognised by doctors as an eating disorder in its own right. The term bulimia nervosa means literally ‘the nervous hunger of an ox’. The hunger, however, is really an emotional need that cannot be satisfied by food alone. After binge-eating a large quantity of food to fill the emotional or hunger gap, there is an urge to immediately get rid of the food by vomiting or taking laxatives (or both), by starving or reducing food intake, or by working off the calories with exercise in an attempt not to gain weight

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Bulimia Is A Severe Eating Disorder

By Louise Wasa

Bulimia is but one of a growing number of eating disorders recognized in our modern society.

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