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Bulimia nervosa, also known simply as bulimia, is an eating disorder characterized by binge eating (eating large quantities of food in a short period of time, often feeling out of control) followed by compensatory behaviors, such as vomiting, excessive exercise, or fasting to prevent weight gain.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 February 2025. Mental illness characterized by abnormal eating habits that adversely affect health Medical condition Eating disorder Specialty Psychiatry, clinical psychology Symptoms Abnormal eating habits that negatively affect physical or mental health Complications Anxiety disorders, depression ...
Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia is an autobiography written by Marya Hornbacher, detailing her fourteen-year battle with eating disorders. [1] Published by HarperCollins in 1997, Wasted was a critical and commercial success. The author's young age (she wrote the book at the age of 21) surprised many readers, and the memoir was praised ...
Print this story. From the 16th century to the 19th, scurvy killed around 2 million sailors, more than warfare, shipwrecks and syphilis combined. It was an ugly, smelly death, too, beginning with rattling teeth and ending with a body so rotted out from the inside that its victims could literally be startled to death by a loud noise.
Eating a lot of so-called ultraprocessed foods may raise the risk for a multitude of illnesses, including heart disease, cancer and diabetes as well as for premature death, a new study suggests.
Promotion of anorexia is the promotion of behaviors related to the eating disorder anorexia nervosa. It is often referred to simply as pro-ana or ana. [1] The lesser-used term pro-mia refers likewise to bulimia nervosa [2] and is sometimes used interchangeably with pro-ana. Pro-ana groups differ widely in their stances.
The fall 2013 issue of Ms. promotes the need for higher fast food worker wages.. Criticism of fast food includes claims of negative health effects, animal cruelty, cases of worker exploitation, children-targeted marketing and claims of cultural degradation via shifts in people's eating patterns away from traditional foods.
This form of addiction changes brain circuitry such that the brain's reward system is compromised, [32] causing functional consequences for stress management and self-control. [31] Damage to the functions of the organs involved can persist throughout a lifetime and cause death if untreated. [ 31 ]