about the possible effects on their babies.
2. Anorexia bulimia nervosa: This is a variation on the illness that is preseeded by a .
bout of anorexia nervosa. This is usually brief and the sufferer recovers without .
treatment. .
3. Multiple-impulsive bulimia nervosa: This is a severe form of the condition and .
usually starts in a similar way as bulimia nervosa and in a similar age group of girls. .
In association to the eating disorder, there are a mix of other problems including drug .
abuse, alcohol abuse, deliberate self harm (cutting), stealing and promiscuity. They .
usually come from a range of backgrounds and there is usually a high level of .
disturbance within the family. They are likely to have shown evidence of poor .
impulse control from an early age, and they often have poor academic records and the .
ability to make lasting friends. .
How many people suffer from Bulimia Nervosa?.
Some eight million people, mostly women and mostly young, suffer from anorexia (in .
which they starve themselves) or bulimia (in which they gorge and purge). According .
to a survey by the Mayo clinic, the incidence of eating disorders has risen by 36% every .
five years since they 1950's. .
In the US, it is estimated that 1 to 2 percent of women between 16 and 35 are bulimic. .
The true number could be much greater.
In recent times there are more elderly persons seeking help for eating disorders. These are .
women in their late 40's and early 50's. The anxieties of midlife- divorce, marriage .
problems, death of parents, empty-nest syndromes and menopause are all reasons that .
elderly women get eating disorders. The 50 year old does not want to deal with the .
problem of lost youth. At the Remuda Ranch in Arizona, the country's second largest .
program to treat eating disorders, only 3% of those admitted before 1997 were over 40, .
now the over 40 share has more than doubled. .
Is bulimia a world-wide problem?.
Recent information shows that eating disorders like bulimia have become common in .
