Bulimia nervosa is a condition in which a person develops a cycle of binging on enormous amounts of food and then using inappropriate methods to avoid weight gain. What causes a person to binge when he or she is so worried about weight gain?
-prompts such as an anxious or depressed mood, social stressors, or intense hunger after extreme diet attempts
-minimization of the amount of calories he or she believes to be consuming
-the development of a panic attack due to obsession with body image
-magnification of the sensation of hunger, leading the person to believe he or she is starving to death
-prompts such as an anxious or depressed mood, social stressors, or intense hunger after extreme diet attempts
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