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Bulimia - College Essays

Bulimia

is an eating disorder marked by consumption of large quantities of food at one sitting, followed by induced vomiting of taking laxatives to get rid of the body food. It usually affects young women, especially adolescents, but is observed in older women and men also. People with are often obsessed with food and self gratification, and the disorder frequently accompanies Anorexia Nervosa.
Such behavior stems from psychological difficulties involving a compulsive desire for perfection, poor self-image, and stressful familt relationships; depression is also common. Research in the late 1980's says that itselg, however, may be caused by impaired secretion of a hormone, chlecystokinin ...

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Added: 3/2/2007 01:50:02 PM
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