Friday, March 9, 2007

ANOREXIA NERVOSA AND BULIMIA NERVOSA



Anorexia Nervosa and bulimia nervosa are widely known for affecting young woman. It is estimated that one in hundred girls and woman suffer from bulimia. Anorexia is less common amongst woman; it is estimated that one in every less than one thousand woman suffer from this disease.
Bulimia is known as the “binge and purge disease.” The symptoms include eating a lot of food at a time, forcing ones self to vomit, feelings of depression and low self-esteem, and the uncontrollable desire to continue suffering from bulimia. Anorexic sufferers differ from bulimics because they try to avoid food on a whole. Sufferers of these disorders have a false self image. They may feel over weight, but in reality they are the complete opposite. Sufferers of disorders try to control their weight by means of starving or vomiting. This is very unhealthy for ones mind and body.

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