Bulimia - Psychology
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Accuracy of self-reported weight and height among women with eating disorders: a replication and extension study.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: Self-reported height and weight data are commonly reported within eating disorders research, and often used clinically. The aims of this study are to demonstrate the accuracy of self-reported height and weight among a group of women with ... Read more...

Caffeine, artificial sweetener, and fluid intake in anorexia nervosa.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: This article provides an analysis of the use of artificial sweeteners, caffeine, and excess fluids in patients diagnosed with anorexia nervosa (AN). METHOD: Seventy participants with AN were recruited to participate in an ecologic ... Read more...

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...

Latest indexed articles for 'Bulimia - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Accuracy of self-reported weight and height among women with eating disorders: a replication and extension study. 30 Aug 2009
• Caffeine, artificial sweetener, and fluid intake in anorexia nervosa. 30 Aug 2009
• Brain activation in restrained and unrestrained eaters: an fMRI study. 30 Jul 2009
• Duloxetine in obese binge eater outpatients: preliminary results from a 12-week open trial. 30 Jul 2009
• The utility of considering interpersonal problems in the assessment of bulimic features. 14 Jul 2009
• Bulimic symptoms in undergraduate men and women: Contributions of mindfulness and thought suppression. 10 Jul 2009
• Eating disorders and emotions. 29 Jun 2009
• Depression and eating pathology: prospective reciprocal relations in adolescents. 29 Jun 2009
• Meta-analysis on drugs in people with eating disorders. 29 Jun 2009
• Extreme weight change behaviours: are overweight and normal weight adolescents different, and does this vary over time? 29 Jun 2009
• Inappropriate eating behaviors during pregnancy: prevalence and associated factors among pregnant women attending primary care in southern Brazil. 29 Jun 2009
• Repeated binge access to a palatable food alters feeding behavior, hormone profile, and hindbrain c-Fos responses to a test meal in adult male rats. 15 Jun 2009
• Family perception of anorexia and bulimia: a systematic review. 3 Jun 2009
• Dietary restriction, cardiac autonomic regulation and stress reactivity in bulimic women. 31 May 2009
• The relationship of body image to body mass index and binge eating: the role of cross-situational body image dissatisfaction versus situational reactivity. 30 May 2009
• [The influence of diet behavior and stress on binge-eating among female college students] 30 May 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
• [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

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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