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	Bulimia Nervosa: Eating Disorders: Merck Manual Home Edition
		Bulimia nervosa is characterized by the repeated rapid consumption of large quantities of food (bingeing), followed by attempts to rid the body of the excess food consumed (purging).
		As in anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa is influenced by hereditary and social factors.
		Also as in anorexia nervosa, most people who have bulimia nervosa are young women, are deeply concerned about body shape and weight, and belong to the middle or upper socioeconomic classes.
	www.merck.com /mmhe/sec07/ch103/ch103c.html (599 words)

	bulimia nervosa
		Overall, the balance of aetiological factors is in favour of psychological and social causes, given that bulimia nervosa is a relatively new condition and has arisen at a time of profound social and cultural change, with little concurrent change in human biology.
		The perspective on the perpetuation of bulimia nervosa is a cognitive one.
		Bulimia nervosa is extremely rare in girls aged under 14 and the majority of cases are recognized between the ages of 18 and 25.
	www.partika.lv /sakums/Anoreksija/bulimia_nervosa.htm (4777 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 (1272 words)

	Bulimia Nervosa
		Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by periods of binge eating.
		Bulimia is associated with depression and other psychiatric disorders and shares symptoms with anorexia nervosa, another major eating disorder.
		Bulimia may have a hereditary component; in addition, some experts believe that a family environment with an overemphasis on achievement may be another contributing factor.
	www.umm.edu /altmed/ConsConditions/BulimiaNervosacc.html (1407 words)

	Bulimia nervosa
		Bulimia nervosa, an eating disorder more commonly known as bulimia, 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.
		Bulimia is often less about food, and more to do with deep psychological issues and profound feelings of lack of control.
	www.mrsci.com /Eating-Disorders/Bulimia_nervosa.php (463 words)

	Bulimia Nervosa, ED-1003-2001
		Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by binging and purging behaviors.
		Bulimia nervosa is more common than anorexia nervosa, affecting about 3 to 4 percent of young women in the middle-to-upper socioeconomic level.
		The self-image of a person with bulimia nervosa is closely connected to their weight and they pay a great deal of attention to how they look.
	ohioline.osu.edu /ed-fact/1003.html (808 words)

	Bulimia Nervosa - DEFINITION, DESCRIPTION, CAUSES, SYMPTOMS, DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT, PROGNOSIS, PREVENTION
		Bulimia nervosa is a serious health problem for over two million adolescent girls and young women in the United States.
		Bulimia does appear to run in families, so a child is at risk for bulimia if another family member already has the disorder.
		Bulimia is often difficult to diagnose because patients often try to hide their condition and may deny they have a problem.
	www.faqs.org /health/Sick-V1/Bulimia-Nervosa.html (1340 words)

	Bulimia Nervosa - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
		Bulimia nervosa, usually referred to as bulimia, is defined as uncontrolled episodes of overeating (bingeing) and bulimics may also purge (self-induce vomiting), misuse laxatives, enemas or medications that cause increased production of urine, fast or exercise excessively to control weight.
		Adolescents who develop bulimia are more likely to come from families with a history of eating disorders, physical illness, and other mental health problems, such as mood disorders or substance abuse.
		Bulimia is usually treated with a combination of individual therapy, family therapy, behavior modification, and nutritional rehabilitation.
	www.chop.edu /consumer/your_child/condition_section_index.jsp?id=-9457 (733 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.
	www.kidshealth.org /teen/food_fitness/problems/eat_disorder.html (1727 words)

	Bulimia Nervosa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Bulimia nervosa, often simply called bulimia, is an eating disorder.
		People with bulimia consume large amounts of food and then rid their bodies of the excess calories by purging (self-induce vomiting, misuse of laxatives or diuretics) or by non-purging (excessive exercise, fasting) behaviors.
		Bulimia can occur in those with anorexia nervosa or it can occur as a separate condition.
	singlemommy.org /services/mentalhealth/bulimia.htm (594 words)

	Psychology Today's Diagnosis Dictionary: Bulimia Nervosa
		Bulimia Nervosa is characterized by recurrent periods of binge eating, where large amounts of food are consumed in a short period of time.
		People with bulimia often know they have a problem and are afraid of their inability to stop eating.
		Bulimia is a complex disease involving many factors, but once begun, can create a self-fulfilling cycle of physical and emotional destruction.
	www.psychologytoday.com /conditions/bulimia.html (703 words)

	Bulimia: Information on Bulimia Nervosa
		Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by episodes of bingeing and purging.
		Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder that causes numerous psychological and physical issues.
		Bulimia is characterized by an ongoing cycle of bingeing and purging.
	www.epigee.org /mental_health/bulimia.html (1160 words)

	Bulimia Nervosa - 8
		Cases of bulimia nervosa, which is characterized by binge eating and purging, were not reported until the 1970s.30 Purging behavior may include induced vomiting by ipecac or other means, or abuse of laxatives, enemas, diuretics, caffeine, or other stimulants.
		Cases of bulimia typically occur in industrialized countries where food is plentiful and a preoccupation with thinness in women is apparent.
		Assessment and diagnosis of bulimia may be difficult given that many individuals with this condition appear to be of normal weight and tend to avoid disclosing their bingeing and purging behaviors.
	www.adha.org /CE_courses/course8/bulimia_nervosa.htm (719 words)

	Introducing Bulimia Nervosa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		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.
		Multi-impulsive Bulimia Nervosa is a severe variant of Bulimia Nervosa that begins in a similar way to Simple Bulimia and in a similar age group of girls.
	www.priory-hospital.co.uk /htm/bulimi.htm (2029 words)

	Bulimia Nervosa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Bulimia is a syndrome characterized by repeated bouts of overeating and an excessive preoccupation with the control of body weight, leading the patient to adopt extreme measures so as to mitigate the "fattening" effects of ingested food.
		Bulimia nervosa begins most often in females of adolescent or young adult age when they attempt restrictive diets, fail, and react by binge eating.
		Treatment in bulimia nervosa is focused on breaking the binge-purge cycles of behavior since the person is usually aware that the behavior is abnormal.
	www-unix.oit.umass.edu /~excs597k/claudio/bninfo.htm (935 words)

	Bulimia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Bulimia (buh-LEE -me-ah) nervosa, typically called bulimia, is a type of eating disorder.
		Purging and other behaviors to prevent weight gain are ways for people with bulimia to feel more in control of their lives and ease stress and anxiety.
		People with bulimia may be underweight, overweight, or have a normal weight.
	www.4woman.gov /faq/Easyread/bulnervosa-etr.htm (982 words)

	Bulimia nervosa
		Bulimia is an eating disorder characterised by repeated episodes of overeating and a preoccupation with the control of body weight.
		Studies have shown that up to 1 per cent of the population is suffering from bulimia nervosa at any one time, and this may well be an underestimate.
		Treatment is aimed at the bulimia nervosa and any associated problems such as low self-esteem or depression.
	www.netdoctor.co.uk /diseases/facts/bulimianervosa.htm (565 words)

	Bulimia Help: The World's Most Comprehensive Eating Disorder Referral and Information Website
		Individuals with bulimia nervosa regularly engage in discrete periods of overeating, which are followed by attempts to compensate for overeating and to avoid weight gain.
		Binge eating is followed by attempts to undo the consequences of the binge though self-induced vomiting, misuse of laxatives, severe caloric restriction, diuretics, enemas, or excessive exercising, etc. The bulimic's self-evaluation is centered on the individual's perceptions of his/her body image.
		The diagnostic criterion of bulimia nervosa requires that the individual not simultaneously meet criteria for anorexia nervosa.
	www.edreferral.com /bulimia_nervosa.htm (901 words)

	Bulimia Nervosa
		Bulimia Nervosa is a serious eating disorder that traps the sufferer in a vicious, self-defeating cycle of bingeing and purging.
		A person with bulimia will overeat by massive amounts and then induce vomiting, or use laxatives or enemas to purge the body of the excess food.
		Because people with bulimia hide their illness for years, many do not seek help until after serious health complications have set in.
	www.prairiepublic.org /features/healthworks/disordered/bulimia.htm (202 words)

	Bulimia Nervosa - Mental Health Disorders on MedicineNet.com
		Bulimia Nervosa is characterized by recurring periods of binge-eating, during which large amounts of foods are consumed in a short period of time.
		People with bulimia are aware that their eating is out of control and are fearful about their inability to stop.
		Bulimia Nervosa is considered a result of a combination of genetic and environmental factors.
	www.medicinenet.com /script/main/art.asp?articlekey=38064 (632 words)

	Bulimia nervosa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bulimia nervosa, more commonly known as bulimia, is an eating disorder.
		Bulimia nervosa was first described by Professor Gerald Russell in 1979 whilst he worked at the Royal Free Hospital, London.
		Characteristically, those with bulimia nervosa feel more shame and out of control with their behaviors, as the anorexic meticulously controls her intake, a symptom that calms her anxiety around food as she feels she has control of it, naïve to the notion that it, in fact, controls her.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bulimia_nervosa (2695 words)

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		Bulimia nervosa is an important psychological disorder, yet has been the subject of less research than the other major eating disorder, anorexia nervosa.
		The authors conclude that the incidence of bulimia nervosa is increasing, which therefore necessitates a greater dissemination of information regarding the disorder and an increased knowledge of treatments.
		Because of the much higher rates of bulimia nervosa seen in women and especially in Caucasian women, it is hypothesized that some women have internalized these sociocultural body-shape standards to such a high degree that they use extreme measures (dieting, bingeing, and purging) to control their weight and figure (Tantillo, 1998; Stice and Agras, 1998).
	www.education.ucsb.edu /jimerson/bulimia.html (5249 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 /eat/bulimia.asp (602 words)

	A-Z Health Topics >> Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia
		Anorexia Nervosa (anorexia) and Bulimia Nervosa (bulimia) are two of the most recognised and most serious eating disorders.
		Bulimia Nervosa is characterised by cycles of binge eating followed by behaviour to prevent weight gain.
		It is thought that the number of males with bulimia may be somewhat higher.
	www.health.nsw.gov.au /topics/anorexia.html (707 words)

	Bulima Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis and Treatment by MedicineNet.com
		Bulimia is characterized by episodes of secretive excessive eating (bingeing) followed by inappropriate methods of weight control, such as self-induced vomiting (purging), abuse of laxatives and diuretics, or excessive exercise.
		Bulimia is estimated to affect between 3% of all women in the U.S. at some point in their lifetime.
		Bulimia - Bulimia is an eating disorder that is characterized by episodes of self-induced vomiting (purging), laxative and/or diuretic abuse, and excessive exercise.
	www.medicinenet.com /bulimia/article.htm (580 words)

	Bulimia Nervosa
		Bulimia nervosa, usually referred to as bulimia, is defined as uncontrolled episodes of overeating (bingeing) and usually followed by purging (self-induced vomiting), misuse of laxatives, enemas, or medications that cause increased production of urine, fasting, or excessive exercise to control weight.
		Many individuals with bulimia do not seek help until they reach the ages 30 or 50 - when their eating behavior is deeply ingrained and more difficult to change.
		Individuals with bulimia are usually impulsive and more likely to engage in risky behaviors such as abuse of alcohol and drugs.
	www.healthsystem.virginia.edu /uvahealth/adult_mentalhealth/edbulim.cfm (1573 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)

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