understanding bulimia
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Understanding Bulimia . What is bulimia?. Bulimia is an eating disorder characterised by a binge-purge cycle…. Binge. During a binge, sufferers will eat a large volume of, often unhealthy, food in a short period. Purge. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
UNDERSTANDING BULIMIA
Bulimia is an eating disorder characterised by a binge-purge cycle…
WHAT IS BULIMIA?
During a binge, sufferers will eat a large volume of, often unhealthy, food in a short period
BINGE
After eating sufferers will try to purge their body of the calories they’ve consumed.
The most common forms or purging are: Throwing up Using laxatives Using diuretics Exercising hard
PURGE
Strict dieting
Diet slips or difficult situation arises
Binge eating
triggered
Purging to avoid weight gain
Feelings of
shame and self-hatred
BINGE – PURGE CYCLE
Very secretive illness – sufferers are usually very ashamed about their difficulties and work hard to hide them
Normal weight – unlike other eating disorders, bulimia does not usually result in noticeable weight gain or weight loss
HARD TO SPOT
In some cases you may notice a weight fluctuation as purging only removes about 50%
of calories – so if a sufferer goes through a period of extreme binging and purging their
weight may increase compared to times when they are managing their difficulties and bingeing
and purging less.
WEIGHT FLUCTUATION
People with bulimia usually have very low self-esteem
They often feel ugly, fat and worthless and think others are judging them on their weight and shape
LOW SELF-ESTEEM
BULIMIA SUMMARYI spent longer throwing up than eating. Every time I’d promise myself I’d stick to my diet this time, but I just
couldn’t do it.
• Binge purge cycle
• Roughly normal weight
• Fluctuation in weight (some cases)
• Low self-esteem, think they’re fat / ugly