Bulimia Articles

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• What To Do if a Family Member Has an Eating Disorder
  Accept that there are no quick and easy solutions for recovery from an eating disorder. Therapists, physicians and other eating disorder experts have no magic cure. If your loved one is to get lasting recovery, ...
• Treatment and Management of Eating Disorders
  Persons with eating disorders often have difficulty admitting that they have a serious problem, and in many cases, particularly with anorexia, family or friends must persuade the individual to seek treatment. In treating anorexia nervosa, the ...
• Fitness Magazines and Eating Disorders: Is There a Relationship?
  It's long been held that waif-thin models posing in fashion and beauty magazines encourage young women to follow unhealthy eating habits—possibly bulimia and anorexia nervosa. Now, researchers at Brigham Young University have discovered "thin is ...
• Bulimia: Binging and Purging
  Bulimic behavior has two phases: the binge and the purge. The Binge Although there are certainly individual variations, a binge is defined as the rapid consumption of a large amount of high-calorie food in a short ...
• An Introduction to Binge Eating
  "Bet you can't eat just one." Many will recall this popular television commercial, where the announcer tempts an unsuspecting muncher with a single potato chip. He grabs the bag, examines a single chip and confidently eats ...
• An Introduction to Bulimia Nervosa
  People with bulimia nervosa do two things. First, they eat. Second, they work very hard to get rid of what they have eaten. People with bulimia binge eat. That is, in a small amount of ...
• Accepting Your Body
  It's time for some sound advice on achieving a quality lifestyle instead of dieting again. Ninety-five percent of all women don't have the ideal body type portrayed by the media, and up to 60 percent ...
• Relapse Prevention
  Once you have made a change, how do you maintain it? What is the difference between a lapse and a relapse? How can you recognize when a relapse is likely? A lifestyle change is not easy ...
• All About Eating Disorders
  Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are both eating disorders. Anorexia involves people who intentionally starve themselves when they are already underweight. Individuals with anorexia have a body weight that is 15 percent or more below ...
• Being Teased and Taunted
  I grew up mostly in Alexandria, Minn., but moved to Ada in the 6th grade. When I was young I was a very emotional child. I was put into a special class, even thought I ...
• Treatment for Anorexia
  Treatment of anorexia, as with all eating disorders, can be challenging. Effective treatment addresses the underlying emotional and mental health issues, issues that ...
• Treatment for Bulimia
  Treatment of bulimia, as with all eating disorders, can be challenging. Effective treatment addresses the underlying emotional and mental health issues -- issues ...
• Defeating Depression’s Funk-to-Fat Cycle
  For many depressed people, exercise is excruciating. But it may be what they need to recover. As many depression sufferers can attest, feeling down is likely to lead to slowing down. It's not uncommon for once-active ...