Bulimia - Diagnosis
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Brain activation in restrained and unrestrained eaters: an fMRI study.

30 Jul 2009 Restraint theory has been used to model the process that produces binge eating. However, there is no satisfactory explanation for the tendency of restrained eaters (REs) to engage in counterregulatory eating, an ostensible analogue of binge eating. ... Read more...

The utility of considering interpersonal problems in the assessment of bulimic features.

14 Jul 2009 Previous research suggests that heterogeneity in bulimic features can be explained in part by pathoplastic, or varying, interpersonal problems. The present study compared groups of women with bulimic features (N=110) defined by varying interpersonal ... Read more...

Extreme weight change behaviours: are overweight and normal weight adolescents different, and does this vary over time?

29 Jun 2009 This study examined the nature of extreme weight loss behaviours among overweight and normal weight adolescents. Body mass index (BMI), body dissatisfaction, body importance, pubertal timing, negative affect, bulimic symptoms, food supplements and ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Bulimia - Diagnosis'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Brain activation in restrained and unrestrained eaters: an fMRI study. 30 Jul 2009
• The utility of considering interpersonal problems in the assessment of bulimic features. 14 Jul 2009
• Extreme weight change behaviours: are overweight and normal weight adolescents different, and does this vary over time? 29 Jun 2009
• Family perception of anorexia and bulimia: a systematic review. 3 Jun 2009
• Effects of parental comments on body dissatisfaction and eating disturbance in young adults: a sociocultural model. 19 May 2009
• Upward and downward physical appearance comparisons: development of scales and examination of predictive qualities. 15 May 2009
• Emotion regulation and binge eating in children. 29 Apr 2009
• An assessment of daily food intake in participants with anorexia nervosa in the natural environment. 29 Apr 2009
• Necrotizing sialometaplasia: a practical approach to the diagnosis. 29 Apr 2009
• Change in eating disorder attitudes and behavior in college women: prevalence and predictors. 27 Mar 2009
• [Diagnosis and therapy of anorexia nervosa--an interdisciplinary challenge] 24 Mar 2009
• [Patient with type 2 diabetes: don't forget eating disorders!] 23 Mar 2009
• What happened to the ones who dropped out? Outcome in eating disorder patients who complete or prematurely terminate treatment. 27 Feb 2009
• Personality factors and styles among college students who binge eat and drink. 27 Feb 2009
• The perfectionism model of binge eating: tests of an integrative model. 27 Feb 2009
• A battle to overcome "diabulimia". 13 Feb 2009
• [Anorexia athletica's place in female sports athletes] 18 Dec 2008
• Preliminary validation of the Yale Food Addiction Scale. 9 Dec 2008
• Fasting increases risk for onset of binge eating and bulimic pathology: a 5-year prospective study. 30 Oct 2008
• Dental erosion linked to dysmenorrhea. 30 Oct 2008

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Technical information about 'Bulimia'

Definition: Eating an excess amount of food in a short period of time, as seen in the disorder of BULIMIA NERVOSA. It is caused by an abnormal craving for food, or insatiable hunger also known as "ox hunger".

Descriptor UI: D002032

Alternative terms: Bulimia; Bulimias; Binge Eating; Eating, Binge;

Related Mesh Headings: Bulimia Nervosa;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C23.888.821.645.500;

Online Note: search HYPERPHAGIA 1981-86

History Note: 87; was see HYPERPHAGIA 1981-86

Technical Notes: BULIMIA NERVOSA is also available