Bulimia

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years bulimia
was associated with anorexia as if it was a joint disease. Finally, in
1979, doctor G.F.M. Russell was the first physician to describe this
disorder as a separate disease from anorexia to which he called it bulimia
nervosa (Epstein 40).
Today this disease has seemed to grow to quite an absurd level.
Unlike when this disease began in the early 20th-century, there are no
longer a few rare cases of an eating disorder, but a rather large number of
people fighting such a problem. A 1987 study has shown that 19% of college
students have bulimic episodes. It is also noted that 80 to 95% of bulimic
cases happen to be women, usually between the ages of 13 to 25 that suffer
such problems (Matthews 43).
As for the causes of Bulimia, there have only been a few theories
to explain some of the habits of such compulsive overeaters. First of all
there is the biological aspect of the situation with antidepressant drugs
and when such medication is mixed with the sugary foods of ...

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it, can find it to be an easy
method when dealing with weight control. So even though the life of a
bulimic may not be in danger, the health of that person can be greatly
affected by their behavior.(Weight Control 124).
Usually after time, the attitude of a person dealing with a
disease such as bulimia can result in some type of depression or even a
distorted attitude that may effect every aspect of their life. Under many
circumstances bulimia can resemble some of the conditions found when
treating victims of drug or alcohol abuse ( Matthews 44). When there is an
addiction to any one of these substances it can begin at a subtle level,
although it will quickly begin to escalate after ...

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