Jessica+Johnson--Bulimia+FAQs

A: Bulimia is in fact deadly. About 20% of all bulimics end up dying from side effects caused by bulimia or vomit inducing medicine.
 * Bulimia ** ** Nervosa ** ** FAQ **
 * Q: Is bulimia deadly? **

A: Bulimia is different from anorexia because bulimia is when a person binges and then purges. This is the process of eating possibly over 5,000 calories at once and then attempting to get rid of it. When one purges, they self-induce vomit, abuse laxatives, or abuse diet pills. Anorexia is when one just doesn’t eat and excessively exercises. A: About 5-10 million females and 1 million males of all ages are diagnosed with bulimia a year. A: One may develop bulimia for multiple reasons. Advertising with perfect models urge people to become skinny. Another reason may be the environment one lives in. If one lives with alcoholic or parents that abuse drugs, bulimia may act as a way out of the living conditions. A: The effects of bulimia vary. The most common are: bad teeth, dehydration, or the female athlete triad. The female athlete triad is when a female has an eating disorder, amenorrhea, and a loss of bone mass. The most common effect of the mind is depression. A: Bulimia is not contagious. It is a physiological thought that one has a poor body image. 8th Grade AT LA 1-2
 * Q: How is bulimia different from anorexia? **
 * Q: How many people are diagnosed with bulimia a year? **
 * Q: Why would a person develop bulimia? **
 * Q: What are the effects of bulimia? **
 * Q: Is bulimia contagious? **