Bulimia nervosa is a serious eating disorder characterized by frequent episodes of binge eating followed by extreme efforts to avoid gaining weight, often by vomiting or exercising to excess. This repetitious binge-and-purge cycle can cause damage to your digestive system and create chemical imbalances in the body that harm the functioning of major organs, including the heart.
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If you or a loved one has bulimia…. In the U.S., call the National Eating Disorders Association’s toll-free hotline at 1-800-931-2237 for free referrals, information, and advice. In other countries, see the Resources section below for helplines in your area.
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If your loved one has bulimia. 1  Eating Disorder Treatment and Recovery: How to Overcome Your Eating Disorder and Gain True Self-Confidence. 2  Emotional Eating: How to Recognize and Stop Emotional and Stress Eating. 3  Helping Someone with an Eating Disorder: Advice for Parents, Family Members, and Friends.
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Eating Disorders Online Medical Reference - covering Definition through Treatment. Authored by Kathleen N. Franco of the Cleveland Clinic. Eating disorders are syndromes characterized by severe disturbances in eating behavior and by distress or excessive concern about body shape or weight. Menu About Us
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Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder. 1  Avoidance of specific foods or restriction of intake because of a lack of interest, the sensory characteristics of food, or averse consequences of eating.
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Summary. 1  The lifetime prevalence of anorexia and bulimia combined may be as high as 5% or more of the general population. 2  Bulimia nervosa is more common than anorexia nervosa and has a better prognosis. 3  The rate of mood, anxiety, and substance use disorders is higher in the families of bulimic than anorectic patients.
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Bulimia Nervosa – Reference article on the signs, symptoms, causes, and treatment of bulimia. Includes information on complementary and alternative therapies. Eating Disorders: Anorexia and Bulimia – An easy-to-understand article, written for teens. Discusses symptoms, causes, effects, and treatment.
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Eating disorders are syndromes characterized by severe disturbances in eating behavior and by distress or ex-cessive concern about body shape or weight and often occur with severe medical or psychiatric comorbidities. Denial of symptoms and reluctance to seek treatment make treatment especially challenging. Back to Top. Classification
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The DSM–5 also added binge–eating disorder as an eating disorder diagnosis, characterized by binge eating without inappropriate compensatory behaviors. The DSM–5 also attempts to reduce unspecified eating disorder diagnoses through the introduction of the other specified feeding or eating disorder diagnostic category.
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The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM–5), contains several important changes from the fourth edition (DSM–4) and DSM–4 Text Revision (DSM–4–TR) in the classification of eating disorders. 1,2 Characteristics of each of these disorders are summarized in and the complete diagnostic criteria is available in the DSM–5. 2 Significant updates to the eating disorder diagnostic criteria include elimination of the amenorrhea and weight ...
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an eating disorder is characterized by _____.
Eating disorders are syndromes characterized by severe disturbances in eating behavior and by distress or excessive concern about body shape or weight. An eating disorder is characterized by severe disturbances in eating behavior and by distress or excessive concern about body shape or weight.