Overview - Bulimia - NHS
WEBBulimia is an eating disorder and mental health condition. People who have bulimia go through periods where they eat a lot of food in a very short amount of time (binge eating) and then purge the food from their body to try to stop themselves gaining weight.
Bulimia nervosa - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
WEB29 Feb 2024 · Bulimia is a complex illness that affects how your brain works and how you make decisions. But effective treatment can help you feel better about yourself, eat healthier and reverse serious complications.
Bulimia nervosa - Wikipedia
WEBBulimia nervosa, also known as simply bulimia, is an eating disorder characterized by binge eating followed by purging or fasting, and excessive concern with body shape and weight. This activity aims to expel the body of calories eaten from the binging phase of …
Bulimia Nervosa - Beat
WEBBulimia (or bulimia nervosa) is a serious mental illness. It can affect anyone of any age, gender, ethnicity or background. People with bulimia are caught in a cycle of eating large quantities of food (called bingeing), and then trying to compensate for that overeating by vomiting, taking laxatives or diuretics, fasting, or exercising ...
Bulimia - NHS
WEBRead about bulimia nervosa, an eating disorder and mental health condition where someone is binge eating, then making themselves vomit or using laxatives to purge the food from their body.
Symptoms - Bulimia - NHS
WEBRead about the main symptoms of bulimia, which are binge eating and purging (ridding your body of food by making yourself vomit, taking laxatives or diuretics, fasting or exercising excessively).
Bulimia | NHS inform
WEB6 days ago · Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder and mental health condition. People with bulimia are very anxious about their weight and focused on having the ‘right’ body shape. They also spend a lot of time thinking about food.
Bulimia Nervosa - National Eating Disorders Association
WEBBulimia nervosa (BN) is a serious, potentially life-threatening eating disorder characterized by a cycle of bingeing and compensatory behaviors such as self-induced vomiting designed to undo or compensate for the effects of binge eating.
Bulimia nervosa - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic
WEB29 Feb 2024 · A diagnosis of bulimia usually includes episodes of binging and purging at least once a week for three months. But any binge and purge behaviors, even when done less often, can be dangerous and need treatment. The more often the episodes occur, the more severe the bulimia is. More Information. Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG) …
Bulimia Nervosa | Johns Hopkins Medicine
WEBBulimia is a serious illness that causes severe problems with a person's eating behaviors. It is marked by uncontrolled episodes of overeating, called bingeing. This is followed by purging with methods such as vomiting or misuse of laxatives or water pills (diuretics).
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