Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell has just written a book detailing her struggles with binge eating and bulimia since her childhood. Geri admitted in the past that she has always been insecure about her looks and body shape and this consciousness about her weight and body issues forced her to survive on binge eating. Talking …
With Paula gone and Ellen getting ready to join a cranky Simon, American Idol fans are all a flutter as a new season begins. Just in time, former Idol runner-up Katharine McPhee bares her bikini body for the February issue of Shape, which will be released on newsstands Monday. In the magazine, she speaks frankly …
I am mom to three girls. A women’s health writer. A wife. BFF. An infertility consultant and advocate. I am passionate, funny, happy, creative and a pretty tough cookie. I am also a recovering bulimic. Not typical – but not so atypical, either. Bulimia has lots of different faces across both genders, all ethnic groups …
One of the less favorable side effects of letting go of bulimia is that water retention can sometimes occur. In an article in Eating Disorders Today, An Interview with C. Wayne Callaway, MD (Winter 2002 Volume 1, Number 2 ©2002 Gürze Books), Dr. Wayne Callaway talks about fluid rentention and recovery from eating disorders. “When …
Male Bulimia: My Dark Demon is a powerful, firsthand account of author Scott Simon’s triumph over a lifelong deadly disease—bulimia. After developing bulimia while participating in school sports, Scott learned how to hide his disorder. He continued on a downhill slide into drugs, alcohol, and excessive eating. At the age of thirty-two, Scott finally admitted …
An important new study challenges the widespread perception that bulimia primarily affects privileged, white teenagers. Rather, girls who are African American are 50 percent more likely than girls who are white to be bulimic. An analysis of the survey results reveals: • Black girls were 50 percent more likely than white girls to exhibit bulimic …
Is it just me, or are stars more willing to admit their battles with anorexia than with bulimia? I admit it – bulimia just isn’t as attractive as anorexia. In terms of eating disorders – they are both deadly, but somehow the image of a thin waif who cannot force herself to eat isn’t quite …
In my continuing quest to provide information on affordable treatment programs for people living with eating disorders, I bring you part 2 of the clinical trial info. Motivating Factors That Play a Role in Bulimia Nervosa This study will evaluate whether people with bulimia nervosa will binge eat in a structured laboratory setting and display …
It is good to know that higher learning institutions are taking the initiative to study about bulimia in adolescents to try to prevent it. There has been a shortage of studies on the condition up until now, something surprising to know especially because the desire to become thin has led to more cases of bulimia. …
Bulimia nervosa, involves frequent episodes of binge-eating followed by vomiting, excessive use of laxatives or diuretics, fasting or excessive exercise. Like those with anorexia, those with bulimia are fearful of gaining weight and obsessed with losing weight and body image, but may not be underweight. Bulimia Facts An estimated 1.4 to 4.2% of women have …
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