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…Bulimia is a variation of Anorexia. The victim goes on an incredible eating binge, and in response to the eating, purges by vomiting or taking laxitives. Unlike the anorexic sufferer, the bulimic victim is not usually emaciated, but maintains normal…

…, schizophrenia, social phobia, body dysmorphic disorder, bulimia nervosa, and anorexia nervosa to name a few. The impact that today’s body image standard is having on women is immeasurable. Eating disorders and low self esteem are at an all-time high. The problem…

…to great lengths to be thin. Women’s obsession with their weight is causing them serious health problems. Anorexia nervosa has the highest death rate of any psychologically based disorder. It is not a new disease, but one which has recently become more widely…

…works to now being concerned with good looks as a measure of their self-worth," says Joan Jacobs Brumberg, author of "The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls" and "Fasting Girls: The History of Anorexia Nervosa." Brumberg attributes…

…phobia, body dysmorphic disorder, bulimia nervosa, and anorexia nervosa to name a few. The impact that today’s body image standard is having on women is immeasurable. Eating disorders and low self-esteem are at an all-time high. The problem isn’t getting…

…up.This is called bulimia. Young women with a disorder called anorexia nervosa starve themselves to keep their weight low. These people view themselves as overweight when they are actually thin. Bulimia and anorexia nervosa are uncommon until one…

…on an Eating Attitudes Test showed 37 percent of the vegetarians at risk for disordered eating compared with eight per cent of non-vegetarians" (Dedyna, 2004, p.3). Eating disorder includes anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and compulsive overeating (Dedyna, 2004…

…Bulimia Nervosa is a serious, potentially life threatening eating disorder characterized by a cycle of bingeing and compensatory behaviors such as self induced vomiting designed to undo or compensate for the effects of binge eating. A binge can…

…in which there is an overabundance of food and an obsession with thinness. Eating disorder also may be defined, as self-abuse. Two of these disorders, anorexia and bulimia, result from the fear or overeating and of gaining weight. This paper talks about what…

…hundred or so athletes responding to the first phase of research, about 23 percent were deemed at risk. Of those athletes, 89 percent could be clinically diagnosed with anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa (Cameron 223-226). In fact, the American Psyc! hiatric…