1.
Bulimia is an eating disorder, where the afflicted experiences
a frequent compulsion to partake in out-of-control eating behavior
followed by regurgitation or purging.
2. Current
research reports show that bulimia is a genetic condition that
appears to run in many American families.
3. Approximately,
two to five percent of the American population suffers from
the bulimic disorder. As many as 30 percent of the population
suffers from obesity.
4. New
evidence shows how binge eating and obesity are results a chemical
imbalance in the brain
5. The
heredity of bulimia and obesity are related to an imbalance
in the brain opposed to a metabolism deficiency
6.
Binge-eating disorder is a psychiatric diagnosis that includes
major eating jags -- the whole plate of brownies, the whole
gallon of ice cream -- at least twice a week for months, and
causes terrible distress for the eater. The study's powerful
new evidence suggests that ''some forms of obesity may be due
to a -- which is likely hereditary -- rather than just a disorder
of metabolism in the body," said Dr. James I. Hudson of
Harvard's McLean Hospital, lead author of the new paper.
7. The
compulsive urge to act impulsively or the intense propensity
to overeat are associated with mood disorders commonly triggered
by depression
8. Certain
medical experts theorize that obesity and binge-eating are the
effects of the American lifestyle: excessive-consumption coupled
with lethargic sedentary
9. Bulimics
are verisimilar to alcoholic because they are unable to consume
moderate amounts of food the same way the alcoholic us unable
to have one cocktail.
10. Because
bulimia or binge-eating is an emerging health concern, certain
medical specialists associated the disorder with obesity and
anorexia (similar to bulimia but involves self-deprivation of
food and regurgitation) |
