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Bulimia In Men - Bingeing And Purging

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We're talking about eating disorders again this week. Bulimia nervosa and a little bit specifically on bulimia in men.

We'll cover the history behind this eating disorder, what it is, what impact it has, signs, symptoms, what recovery is like and I also added some guidance on how to help someone else if you think they are dealing with bulimia or any eating disorder for that matter.

Other support resources:

  • BEAT (UK) 
  • NEDA (US)
  • Eating Disorder Hope (International)

    • The blog post for this episode is available here.

    References used in this episode:

    • 1979 original article about bulimia nervosa - https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychological-medicine/article/abs/bulimia-nervosa-an-ominous-variant-of-anorexia-nervosa/7B34901CE624D00B13ABBF59D4A78BDD 
  • NHS guide on bulimia -

    • https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/conditions/bulimia/overview/ 

  • Prevalence of bulimia in women vs men -

    • https://archive.org/details/diagnosticstatis0005unse/page/345

  • Stats on bulimia and eating disorders in the UK -

    • https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/media-centre/eating-disorder-statistics/

  • Disordered eating in male athletes in weight-based sports -

    • https://www.waldeneatingdisorders.com/blog/four-things-you-might-not-know-about-men-and-bulimia/ 

  • Princess Diana and bulimia - https://www.vogue.com/article/princess-diana-real-life-battle-with-bulimia 
  • Lady Gaga on bulimia -

    • https://pagesix.com/2012/02/09/lady-gaga-reveals-struggle-with-bulimia/

  • Wikipedia page on celebrities with bulimia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_with_bulimia_nervosa 
  • Study on impact of genetics in eating disorders -

    • https://web.archive.org/web/20160502145058/http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/neuro/neuro98/202s98-paper3/Hirst3.html

  • US criteria for bulimia diagnosis -

    • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK519712/table/ch3.t16/ 

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