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Bulimia

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Bulimia Nervosa, also known simply as bulimia, is an eating disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of binge eating (bingeing) as well as a compensatory behavior intended to prevent excessive weight gain. According to the National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH), 0.6% of the U.S. population will be affected by Bulimia during their lifetime.

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Ethnicity, Education, Income and Bulimia
An important new study challenges the widespread perception that bulimia primarily affects privilege...
May 17, 2009
Trapped by Bulimia
Persons suffering from Bulimia Nervosa overindulge in food and try to get rid of the food that was e...
May 4, 2009
Bulimia – never a good way to lose weight
Many people have been affected by weight issues especially in the United States. Chances are you kno...
April 23, 2009
African American girls are more prone to bulimia than Caucasian girls are
RECENT medical findings have suggested that black women are 50 percent more likely to suffer from bu...
April 18, 2009
A Day in the Life, part 2
Continue to read Julie Nuemann’s story… “This never-ending punishment finally pushed me to seek help...
April 17, 2009
Bulimic adolescents to be studied
It is good to know that higher learning institutions are taking the initiative to study about bulimi...
April 17, 2009
A Day in the Life
In Purgatory: The Daily Life of a Bulimic is up on Change.org: An excerpt… Before I went to treat...
April 15, 2009
Amber’s Bulimia Story
I started to restrict and use diet pills in high school and continued to binge and purge for many ye...
March 27, 2009
My Sister Has Bulimia
If you have a family member with an eating disorder, you’ll want to check out this new blog: My Sis...
March 23, 2009
The Disorder called Bulimia
Bulimia is an eating disorder that combines the habits of binge eating and anorexia. The patient ind...
March 1, 2009
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