Bulimia Nervosa

Bulimia Nervosa
Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by frequent episodes of binge eating, which are followed by purging to prevent weight gain.

Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder that involves repeated binge eating followed by purging the body of calories to avoid gaining weight. The person who has bulimia has an irrational fear of gaining weight and a distorted body image.

Bulimia Nervosa & Binge Eating Disorder
What is Bulimia Nervosa? ...

Bulimia Nervosa - a psychiatric disorder characterized by so called "binge and purge" eating habits.

Bulimia nervosa 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 is not as well known as Anorexia. The two eating disorders are quite different although many sufferers can exhibit symptoms of both eating disorders, or even swing from one to the other.

Bulimia nervosa, or binge eating and purging, is twice as common as anorexia.
Men and boys also have eating disorders, but less often than girls or women.
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Bulimia Nervosa encompasses an unhealthy relationship with food stemming from a distorted and overly negative body image. A bulimic is someone who repeatedly binges (compulsively overeats) then to compensate for it will purge the food from the body.

The Efficacy of Overeaters Anonymous in Fostering Abstinence in Binge-Easting Disorder and Bulimia Nervosa. (PhD in Counselor Education thesis). Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. OCLC 53298662.
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Binge eating also occurs in another eating disorder called bulimia nervosa. Persons with bulimia nervosa, however, usually purge, fast, or do strenuous exercise after they binge eat.

It's not suitable for pregnant women or those suffering with eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa.

Bulimia nervosa is when you binge and then try to "purge" or get rid of the calories by vomiting, taking laxatives, fasting, or exercising to an extreme.

See also: Eating, Bulimia, Eating disorder, Health, Anorex