Bulimia Nervosa

Statistics

symptoms

diagnostic criteria

Binging and Purging

Indeed, the majority of adolescents with eating disorders have at least one other psychiatric disorder, ranging from a low of 55% for anorexia to a high of 88% for bulimia. 21, 35

treatment

risk factors

Not wanting to eat in public or in front of others

sources

use laxatives

fear of becoming fat

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Going to the bathroom after eating or during meals

Having a distorted, excessively negative body image

Abnormal bowel functioning


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Special Diet

Identify the symptoms early


Psychotherapy

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Hospitalization; either in-patient or

out-patient care or both

Excessive exercising

Persistent worry or complaining about being fat

Based on diagnostic interview data from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R), median age of onset was 18 years-old for both bulimia nervosa .

Bulimia affects more girls and younger women than older women. Teen girls between 15 and 19 and young women in their early 20s are most at risk.3 But eating disorders are happening more often in older women. In one study, 13% of American women over 50 had signs of an eating disorder.4