Bulimia
Description of Bulimia:
Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by recurrent binge eating,
followed by compensatory behaviors referred to as "purging". The most common
form — practiced by more than 75% of people with bulimia nervosa — is self-induced
vomiting; fasting, the use of laxatives, enemas, diuretics, and over exercising
are also common. The word bulimia derives from the Latin (būlīmia) from the
Greek βουλῑμια (boulīmia; ravenous hunger), a compound of βους (bous), ox +
λῑμος (līmos), hunger.
Bulimia nervosa was named and first described by the British psychiatrist
Gerald Russell in 1979.
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