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	Encyclopedia: Bulimia nervosa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Bulimia nervosa, more commonly known as bulimia is an eating disorder, it is a psychological condition in which the subject engages in recurrent binge eating followed by intentionally doing one or more of the following in order to compensate for the intake of the food and prevent weight gain:
		Bulimia is a pathology that sometimes involves body image and the desperate desire to appear thin.
		Risk factors for bulimia are similar to those of other eating disorders, such as anorexia nervosa: Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by voluntary starvation and exercise stress.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Bulimia-nervosa (1215 words)

	NAMI \| Bulimia Nervosa
		Bulimia nervosa is a serious eating disorder marked by a destructive pattern of binge-eating and recurrent inappropriate behavior to control one's weight.
		Common indicators that suggest the self-induced vomiting that persons with bulimia experience are the erosion of dental enamel (due to the acid in the vomit) and scarring on the backs of the hands (due to repeatedly pushing fingers down the throat to induce vomiting).
		Given that bulimia and other eating disorders are multi-determined and affect young women, there is preliminary information on the role and extent such factors as self esteem, resilience, family interactions, peer pressure, the media and dieting might play in its development.
	www.nami.org /helpline/bulimia.html (1315 words)

	Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine: Bulimia nervosa
		Bulimia nervosa is a serious and sometimes life-threatening eating disorder affecting mainly young women.
		Because bulimia results from an excessive concern with weight control and self-image, and is often accompanied by depression, it is also considered a psychiatric illness.
		Bulimia nervosa is a serious health problem for over two million adolescent girls and young women in the United States.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g2601/is_0002/ai_2601000247 (1163 words)

	Eating Disorders: Anorexia and Bulimia
		Bulimia is a bit different from anorexia because the person with bulimia doesn't avoid eating.
		Their anorexia or bulimia gives them a way to handle the stresses and anxieties of being a teen and allows them to have control and impose order in their lives.
		Individuals with bulimia often spend a lot of mental energy on planning their next binge, spend a lot of their money on food, and hide in the bathroom for a long time after meals.
	kidshealth.org /teen/your_mind/mental_health/eat_disorder.html (1731 words)

	Bulimia - Ask the Dietitian
		Bulimia is an eating disorder that manifests with large amounts of food eaten in a short time, followed by vomiting.
		Bulimia is characterized by binge eating, which is eating a lot of food in a short period of time (usually less than two hours).
		Bulimia is not the same thing as anorexia which is self-imposed starvation.
	www.dietitian.com /bulimia.html (4759 words)

	Bulimia Treatment and Bulimia Treatment Centers Anorexia Bulimia Eating Disorders
		Researchers have found that women with a history of bulimia show key differences in their brain's regulation of a hormone that controls mood and appetite, possibly suggesting an inherent susceptibility to the eating disorder.
		People who have bulimia nervosa routinely "binge," consuming large amounts of food in a very short period of time, and immediately "purge," ridding their bodies of the just-eaten food by self-inducing vomiting, taking enemas, or abusing laxatives or other medications.
		Bulimia Treatment does not make any representation, warranty, or endorsement of any product or service or the content or accuracy of any materials contained in, or linked to, any advertisement or link on the Site.
	www.bulimia-treatment.net (354 words)

	Learn about Bulimia
		Bulimia, also called bulimia nervosa, is a psychological eating disorder.
		Bulimia is characterized by episodes of binge-eating followed by inappropriate methods of weight control (purging).
		A new study adds to evidence that the eating disorder bulimia springs at least in part from a chemical malfunction in the brain and not merely from excessive desire to remain thin, researchers say.
	www.mamashealth.com /bulimia.asp (602 words)

	Bulimia nervosa -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The majority of bulimic patients are young females from 10 to 25 years old, although the disorder can occur in people of all ages and both sexes.
		Some (A person suffering from anorexia nervosa) anorectics may demonstrate bulimic behaviours in their illness: binge-eating and purging themselves of food on a regular or infrequent basis at certain times during the course of their disease.
		Risk factors for bulimia are similar to those of other eating disorders, such as ((psychiatry) a psychological disorder characterized by somatic delusions that you are too fat despite being emaciated) anorexia nervosa:
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/bu/bulimia_nervosa.htm (651 words)

	EDA What is Bulimia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Bulimia is more difficult for others to notice as you tend not to lose weight so dramatically, or your weight will fluctuate.
		People with bulimia may have demanding jobs that require them to be out-going and self-assured even when they feel inadequate inside.
		As with anorexia, people who develop bulimia become reliant on the control of food and eating as a way of coping with emotional difficulties in their life.
	www.edauk.com /sub_what_is_bulimia.htm (759 words)

	MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Bulimia
		Bulimia is an illness defined by food binges, or recurrent episodes of significant overeating, that are accompanied by a sense of loss of control.
		The exact cause of bulimia is unknown, but factors thought to contribute to its development are family problems, perfectionist personality, and an overemphasis on physical appearance.
		Bulimia is a chronic illness and many people continue to have some symptoms despite treatment.
	www.nlm.nih.gov /medlineplus/ency/article/000341.htm (626 words)

	Introducing Bulimia Nervosa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Bulimia Nervosa is an illness that is most commonly found in girls of later adolescence and early adulthood.
		Anorexic Bulimia Nervosa is a variant of the illness that is preceded by a bout of Anorexia Nervosa.
		It is paradoxical that bulimia causes them to become increasingly out of control in a wide variety of ways and yet it is the one thing that enables them to feel in control.
	www.priory-hospital.co.uk /htm/bulimi.htm (1966 words)

	Eating Disorders - Find Eating Disorder Treatment - Anorexia - Bulimia - Compulsive Overeating - Binge Eating Disorder
		However, eating disorders are not about dieting or vanity; they're complex psychological disorders in which an individual's eating patterns are developed--and then habitually maintained--in an attempt to cope with other problems in their life.
		The disorder often leads to obesity, which is responsible for as many as 300,000 deaths year, or other serious and often life-threatening eating disorders such as bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa.
		If left untreated, an obese person is at pronounced risk of developing serious mental disorders, such as depression, personality disorders, or anxiety disorders as a direct consequence of their obesity.
	www.eating-disorder.com (719 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Health \| Diana linked to bulimia increase
		However, her death in 1997 coincided with the beginning of the decline in the rate of bulimia seen by GPs.
		In 1990, there were more than 25 cases of bulimia per 100,000 women in the population aged 10 to 39, reaching a peak of around 60 per 100,000 in 1996.
		However, the researchers also suggested that rising rates of bulimia may have been due to increased recognition and detection efforts given to a new and "fashionable" diagnosis.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/newsFeedXML/moreover/-/1/hi/health/4225511.stm (534 words)

	eMedicine - Bulimia : Article by Gabriel I Uwaifo, MBBS
		Bulimia is considered distinct from the only recently recognized syndrome of BED, in which no regular or consistent compensatory behavior accompanies the bingeing episodes.
		Among the rare potential complications that may follow bulimia (especially in variants associated with vomiting) are Mallory-Weiss tears of the esophagus, esophageal rupture, reflux esophagitis, and cardiomyopathies secondary to ipecac use or from chronic hypokalemia.
		Holden RJ, Pakula IS: The role of tumor necrosis factor-alpha in the pathogenesis of anorexia and bulimia nervosa, cancer cachexia and obesity.
	www.emedicine.com /med/topic255.htm (6014 words)

	Eating Disorders: Coping With Bulimia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Bulimia Nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by:
		A repetitive pattern then emerges, as bulimia becomes a habit, a way of coping with life and its stresses.
		Generally, individuals with bulimia nervosa deny that the problem is serious until it gets so out of control that they get scared.
	www.shpm.com /articles/eating/other/bulimia2.html (513 words)

	bulimia on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Bulimia nervosa: the role of the family physician.
		Significance of screening for bulimia in family practice.
		Bulimia epidemic hits schools Bulimia 'sweeping through schools' (ed 1: Bulimia 'sweeping through schools')
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/X/X-bulimia.asp (354 words)

	Bulimia \| Anorexia \| Eating Disorders \| Binge Eating Disorder \| Compulsive Overeating \| The Something Fishy Website on ...
		Those suffering with Bulimia may seek episodes of binging and purging to avoid and let out feelings of anger, depression, stress or anxiety.
		It is not uncommon for a man or woman suffering with Bulimia to take diet pills in an attempt to keep from binging, or to use diuretics to try to lose weight.
		In other words, if you think you have Bulimia, it's dangerous to read the diagnostic criteria and think "I don't have one of the symptoms, so I must not be Bulimic".
	www.something-fishy.org /whatarethey/bulimia.php (921 words)

	Hospital Practice: Eating Disorders: 2. Bulimia Nervosa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Some of the behaviors and attitudes that characterize bulimia nervosa are extreme manifestations of concerns common to many persons, especially those in Western cultures.
		In fact, bulimia may begin as an attempt at so-called normal dieting, but the person then is unable to stop the binge-purge cycles.
		Studies have shown that the bulimia in both depressed and nondepressed patients responds equally well to antidepressant therapy; this suggests that antidepressants may have a mechanism of action that targets bulimia.
	www.hosppract.com /issues/2001/03/brgor.htm (1039 words)

	Anorexia nervosa, bulimia - medical causes of eating disorders - symptoms, treatment, diagnosis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Unfortunately, the belief that Anorexia Nervosa, and it's close cousin Bulimia, are strictly psychiatric disorders is so entrenched among psychotherapists, nutritionists, and physicians, that in many cases proper diagnostic studies are not being performed to rule out underlying medical disorders.
		Those who have a chronic digestive or metabolic disorder may not realize it, and when they start a strenuous exercise program, begin a diet, or experience the increased caloric demands of puberty, they may not develop an appropriate appetite for their energy requirements.
		Laxative abuse, excessive exercise, perfectionism, binging and purging, food preoccupation, body dysmorphic disorder, depression and suicide, hiding food, pro-anorexia websites, and many more phenomenon are analyzed and shown to be a result of normal human nature.
	www.anorexiatruth.com (536 words)

	Free of Bulimia because of Jesus Healing is FREE With God, All Things Are Possible! Matthew 19:26
		to be normal and have a family after all the damage bulimia anorexia eating disorders did.
		For the ten yrs I practiced this horrible eating disorder bulimia that controlled my life and almost took it at the same time...
		Bulimia, Anorexia are devastating sins to the soul.
	www.freeofbulimia.com (839 words)

	Bulimia Nervosa and Your Oral Health (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Less than 1/3 of those who have bulimia nervosa will seek help; either on their own or due to intervention, often waiting many years, usually because they are desperate for relief from something they can’t control or overcome.
		Estimated 40-50% of bulimics who undergo treatment are thought to be no longer preoccupied with food and their weight and are considered cured.
		Death is more likely in bulimia nervosa than other eating disorders (such as anorexia) due to the greater incidence of more serious medical complications.
	www.umanitoba.ca /outreach/wisdomtooth/bulimia.htm (749 words)

	Antidepressants versus psychological treatments and their combination for bulimia nervosa (Cochrane Review) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Background: Psychotherapeutic approaches, mainly cognitive behavior therapy, and antidepressant medication are the two treatment modalities that have received most support in controlled outcome studies of bulimia nervosa.
		Objectives: The primary objective was to conduct a systematic review of all RCTs comparing antidepressants with psychological approaches or comparing their combination with each single approach for the treatment of bulimia nervosa.
		Selection criteria: Inclusion criteria: every randomized controlled trial in which antidepressants were compared with psychological treatments or the combination of antidepressants with psychological approaches was compared to each treatment alone, to reduce the symptoms of bulimia nervosa in patients of any age or gender.
	www.update-software.com /abstracts/ab003385.htm (612 words)

	Bulimia
		One such physical effect of that very popular eating disorder bulimia is the unrepairable damage bulimia can have on your teeth.
		She ran a few tests and determined that it wasn't anything to do with my diet or how I brush my teeth, she said I had serious decay in places that it was extremely difficult to get in.
		She then asked me if I had ever had any extensive illness that might cause me to vomit, and I told her about my bulimia adventures, and she decided that was probably the most likely cause.
	www.yoni.com /maidenf/bulemia.shtml (1360 words)

	Anorexia Treatment and Anorexia Treatment Centers for Bulimia and Anorexia Nervosa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The self-esteem of individuals with this disorder is hyper-dependent on their body shape and weight.
		At this time, anorexia nervosa is not an illness that can be completely cured, however, if it's caught early and treated, many people do recover.
		Each year, more than 5 million American women, men, adolescents, and even children suffer from serious eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa, binge-eating, bulimia nervosa, compulsive eating, obesity, and pica.
	www.anorexia-nervosa-treatment.com (572 words)

	ABC
		Anorexia and Bulimia Care has a great deal of help for sufferers.
		ABC is based in the UK and is therefore able to offer help to those living in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland.
		We believe that there is an answer to anorexia, bulimia and compulsive eating and offer, from a Christian perspective, encouragement and support for the whole family to help make full recovery possible
	www.anorexiabulimiacare.co.uk (211 words)

	Bulimia Nervosa, Anorexia. Help For Bulimia
		Bulimia (bulimia nervosa) is defined as periods of uncontrolled eating.
		On the Beat Bulimia site, we'll be talking about the causes of bulimia, what you need to do to recover from bulimia, and how your family and friends can help.
		Our goal here is to bring bulimics out of hiding and form a virtual community where we can help each other.
	www.healthyplace.com /Communities/eating_disorders/beat_bulimia (223 words)

	Eating Disorder Treatment, California Eating Disorders Facility
		Our Eating Disorders Residential Program, located in Newport Beach, California, offers our clients the unique combination of an effective, proven treatment methodology and the serenity and introspection that is born in the natural beauty of our surroundings.
		A unique home for the treatment of eating disorders, such as anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, and compulsive overeating, it lends itself beautifully to providing the tranquil refuge individuals often require to continue with their personal healing.
		The Victorian of Newport Beach California is a part of the Sober Living by the Sea Treatment Centers, a family of successful facilities that also includes Sunrise Recovery Ranch, an all male 30 day facility located in the California foothills.
	www.eatingdisordertreatment.com (349 words)

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