Eating Disorders: What Is Bulimia And How Is It Treated?
Nowadays, the desire to have the perfect body can be overwhelming for some people. As a society, we are bombarded with images of A-list celebrities in skintight gowns sporting thin bodies. We see models and famous people going from slim to slimmer and wonder why we can’t lose that stubborn belly. For many people, their “imperfect” bodies signify a loss of control, so they move to extreme measures to get their bodies and figures under a tight control. For many men and women, bulimia nervosa is one of these extreme measures. Bulimia is an eating disorder or an obsession with both food and weight. This disorder can most often be characterized as a cycle of overeating followed by purging. Somebody who suffers from bulimia will often eat uncontrollably, not because they feel they are starving, but because some outside factor, like depression, triggers this overwhelming desire. The sufferer will often consume significantly more food than a normal person could or would consume within the same
