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Anorexia and bulimia can have many different causes. In most cases, it is a combination of a few factors that ultimately lead to the development of the eating disorder. Some of those common factors are....
*Peer pressure
*Social / Society demands
*Media influences
*Low self-esteem
*Depression
*Low self body image
*OCD
*BDD (Body Dismorphic Disorder)
*Disordered eating habits
*Dieting gone too far / extreme diets
*Friends / family with eating disorders (influences)
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∙ 13y ago
Wiki User
∙ 13y agoLow-self esteem caused by bullying or neglect. Also a feeling of wanting to improve your self-image in order to impress someone or fit in. It IS considered a disease and should be avoided completely!
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When one should get bulimia treatment?
Bulimia is an eating disorder that is characterized by binging and purging. Once it is known that bulimia is present then treatment should be sought immediately. Bulimia can cause many health problems up to and including death.
What is an eating disorder based on a cycle of binging and purging food?
Bulimia.
What disorder is characterized by binging and purging?
It's not an eating disorder 'caused by', but rather 'classified by' and it is known as Bulimia Nervosa. Google it.
What is an eating disorder in which a person repeatedly eats large amounts of food and then purges?
It can be bulimia, or just binge eating then purging... so it may be either.
If you are not underweight but still purge almost everyday do you have a eating disorder?
Yes, if you are purging, you have an eating disorder. Period.
What eating disorder is characterized by eating large amounts of food at one sitting and then purging?
bulimia nervosa
What do Binge and Purge occur in?
Bingeing and Purging are part of the cycle of Bulimia, a common eating disorder.
Which eating disorder involves binge eating followed by purging?
Bulimia nervosa is the eating disorder that involves binge eating followed by purging through methods such as vomiting, fasting, or excessive exercise. This behavior is typically driven by a fear of gaining weight and is often accompanied by feelings of guilt and shame. Treatment for bulimia involves therapy, nutritional counseling, and support from healthcare professionals.
You think you have bulimia but you are not bingeing just purging?
If you feel bad for eating and then resorting to purging then you are most probaly bulimic, but all kinds of purging is wrong.. please go get some help!
Which eating disorder involves binge eating and purging?
The eating disorder that involves binge eating and purging is bulimia nervosa. People with bulimia often eat large amounts of food in a short period of time (binge) and then try to get rid of the food through vomiting, laxatives, or excessive exercise (purge).
The eating disoder characterized by self starvation and excessive weight loss is called bulimia nervosa?
no, what you are describing sounds like anorexia nervosa. bulimia is binging and purging.
What eating disorders involves binging on large amounts of food followed by purging in an attempt to avoid weight gain?
These behaviors would describe those of someone who suffers from Bulimia or Binge-eating disorder.
