Eating Disorders
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...characterized by massive food binges followed by self-induced vomiting or use of diuretics and laxatives to avoid weight gain. Some anorexic patients combine bulimic purges with their starvation routine. These disorders generally afflict women particularly in adolescence...