Fortunately, increasing awareness of the dangers of eating disorders-sparked by medical studies and extensive media coverage of the illness- has lead many people to seek help. ... Family members and friends can help recognize the problem and encourage the person to seek treatment. ... Because many individuals with bulimia "binge and purge" in secret and maintain normal or above normal body weight, they often successfully hide their problem from others for years. ...

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Images of beauty are everywhere. Pictures of handsome men and beautiful women grace the pages of several magazines, television, billboards, consumer products and the Internet. In the developed world the preoccupation with the body and with beauty is intensifying. The images of beauty everywhere ar...

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When placed in a setting, such as a family mealtime, where they are expected to eat they will often cut their food into small pieces and move it around their plate to make it look as if they have eaten, or they will hide food in their napkin. ... Many bulimics are desperate to quit binging and they will try almost anything, with the exception of seeking help, to stop. Many bulimics will hide food from themselves or even pour detergent on their food. ...

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The young girls obsession with her body commonly followed by certain events. 1) Self- starvation and obsession with food, weight, and appearance 2) A profound fear of being fat (even if emaciated) 3) A relentless pursuit of losing weight that typically leads to 20% to 25% loss of normal body weight 4) No other medical or mental disorder can explain such a weight loss 5) Deprivation of food, in spite of obvious hunger 6) Loss of menstrual period, in women, and sometimes, impotency in men 7) Occasional binges, or perceived binges followed by purging 8) Purging 9) Hair loss and excessi...

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Eating Disorders It seems like every little girl dreams of becoming a model. They want to be thin and pretty like the models they see on television and in magazines. Often the desire becomes an obsession and young girls see "thinness" as being a needed characteristic. For many girls, the teenage...

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