Tagged: eating disorder

Bulimia Risk

Bulimia Risk

You’ve heard about anorexia nervosa, an eating disorder marked by starvation, but what about its counterpart bulimia nervosa? More than eight million Americans have eating disorders, and one in 20 of those are bulimic....

Anorexia Nervosa

Anorexia Nervosa

Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder that arises from a person’s intense fear of being overweight. There are many ways that anorexic people control their weight, including starvation, obsessive exercising, purging, and taking diuretics....