Bulimia - Epidemiology
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Meta-analysis on drugs in people with eating disorders.

29 Jun 2009 OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to examine whether drug use (DU) is higher in people with eating disorders (EDs) compared to a healthy control group and to perform a meta-analysis on the literature related to DU in people with EDs. METHOD: We ... Read more...

Inappropriate eating behaviors during pregnancy: prevalence and associated factors among pregnant women attending primary care in southern Brazil.

29 Jun 2009 OBJECTIVE: To examine the prevalence of inappropriate eating behaviors and associated factors among pregnant women in primary care. METHOD: The Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire was used to assess eating disorders and the Primary Care ... Read more...

Chronic dieting among extremely obese bariatric surgery candidates.

Jun 2009 BACKGROUND: Extremely obese bariatric surgery candidates report numerous episodes of both successful and unsuccessful dieting attempts, but little is known about the clinical significance of frequent dieting attempts in this patient group. METHODS: ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Bulimia - Epidemiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Meta-analysis on drugs in people with eating disorders. 29 Jun 2009
• Inappropriate eating behaviors during pregnancy: prevalence and associated factors among pregnant women attending primary care in southern Brazil. 29 Jun 2009
• Chronic dieting among extremely obese bariatric surgery candidates. Jun 2009
• [Sleep-wake cycle among adolescents who suffer from eating disorders: original Israeli research studies] 29 Apr 2009
• Body image, disordered eating and anabolic steroid use in female bodybuilders. 29 Apr 2009
• An assessment of daily food intake in participants with anorexia nervosa in the natural environment. 29 Apr 2009
• Predictors of early change in bulimia nervosa after a brief psychoeducational therapy. 30 Mar 2009
• DSM-IV psychiatric disorder comorbidity and its correlates in binge eating disorder. 30 Mar 2009
• Change in eating disorder attitudes and behavior in college women: prevalence and predictors. 27 Mar 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
• Prevalence of night eating in obese and nonobese twins. 17 Feb 2009
• Food cravings discriminate between anorexia and bulimia nervosa. Implications for "success" versus "failure" in dietary restriction. 5 Feb 2009
• [Early risk factors of eating disorders--do events of prenatal and perinatal periods bear significance?] 30 Dec 2008
• Hypercholesterolaemia in anorexia nervosa: frequency and changes during refeeding. 17 Dec 2008
• Preliminary validation of the Yale Food Addiction Scale. 9 Dec 2008
• Cigarette smoking is associated with body shape concerns and bulimia symptoms among young adult females. 4 Nov 2008
• A pilot intervention to reduce eating disorder risk in Latina women. 30 Oct 2008
• The prevalence of abnormal eating behaviour in a representative sample of the French diabetic population. 12 Oct 2008
• Lamotrigine in the treatment of comorbid bipolar spectrum and bulimic disorders: case series. 8 Sep 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