With so many girls striving to have the perfect figure, bulimia has become a trend with deadly consequences. Is there an answer to this epidemic?
You leaf through the pages of glossy magazines, and youre treated to images of women who are just plain thin. The latest trends in fashion revolve around ladies with what we describe to have the perfect figure. Teenagers, still developing and growing, pore over these magazines, wanting to emulate the celebrities. For a young girl with a less than ideal figure, the quest for fast weight loss is a one that sometimes takes a dangerous turn.
In a world where fad diets are abundant, the idea of fast weight loss isnt a novel one. Lately, more and more people are turning to more drastic measures to accomplish their fast weight loss goals. Bulimia is one example of this, a tragic disorder that doesnt affect just teenagers. It affects men, women, and young people from all walks of life.
Bulimia is the common name for bulimia nervosa, an eating disorder suffered primarily by those on a quest for rapid weight loss. It is characterized by overindulgence in food called binge eating followed by some sort of purging to get rid...