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…with this disorder are very skinny, but they are convinced that they are overweight (Binge-Purge 28). Many times they must be placed in the hospital so they aren't starved to death. About one percent of all adolescent girls have this eating disorder. It usually…

…an intense fear of gaining weight. People who suffer from bulimia nervosa go through periods of binge eating and then purging, or sometimes not purging but instead refraining from eating at all for days. Both of these disorders can do a number on a person's body…

…later in life. And inducing vomiting can lead to an eating disorder called bulimia, which can result in serious health problems. Rapid weight loss from very-low-calorie "starvation diets" can cause serious effects in teenagers, such as gallstones, hair loss…

…, and phobic features are also common with anorexia. Bulimia, also known in the media as ‘bulimarexia,’ ‘binge-vomiting’ and gorge-purging,’ is an eating disorder similar to chemical dependency (Cauwels, 1983). Bulimia victims regularly fill themselves…

…be losing too much weight but still menstruating, or binge eating without vomiting or using laxatives, or bingeing less often than twice a week (Macmillian). "According to one estimate, more than two-thirds of college women indulge in an eating binge once a year…

…Bulimia nervosa is defined as two or more episodes of binge eating (rapid consumption of a large amount of food, up to 5,000 calories) every week for at least three months. The binges are sometimes followed by vomiting or purging and may alternate…

…only following hormone, e.g., estrogen, administration.) Specify type: Restricting Type: during the current episode of Anorexia Nervosa, the person has not regularly engaged in binge-eating or purging behavior (i.e., self-induced vomiting or the misuse…

…there are similarities, each disorder has its own unique characteristics. A major symptom of bulimia is binging and purging. Bulimics practice binging, eating large amounts of food at one time, and purging, causing themselves to vomit, or defecate, in an attempt to prevent…

…periods (in females who have reached puberty) Bulimia Nervosa *<Tab/>Symptoms include: recurrent episodes of binge eating, characterized by eating an excessive amount of food within a discrete period of time and by a sense of lack of control over…

…nervosa and bulimia is that people with anorexia starve themselves and bulimics will go on an eating binge and then purge their meals. Anorexics will avoid eating high calorie foods and exercise much more frequently than someone suffering from bulimia…