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What is Bulimia? What are its causes symptoms and prevention?

Solution

Bulimia is affecting adolescent girls or young women it is characterised by a period of excessive eating (binge) alternating with normal eating.

Types of Bulimia
1. Purging,
2. Non-puring.

  1. Causes of Bulimia: Bulimia is not the result of a single or definitive cause. There are many factors that are related to bulimia.
  2. Genetic factors: Genetic factors play a vital role in the development of bulimia if one or both parents of an in dividing or siblings has bulimia then he/she is most likely to suffer from this disorder.
  3. Psychological Factors: Psychological factors also play an important role in the development of bulimia in individuals. If an individual has a problem of low self esteem and body image, to maintain weight categories in sports: Sports-persons taking part in sports like Judo, wrestling weight lifting which has different weight categories are more likely to suffer from this eating disorder.
  4. Pressure of performance in sports: Sportsmen reduced body weight will enhance their performance in sports and increase their chances of success, thereby making them vomit the food that they eat.
  5. Social factors: Social factors such as peer pressure and preconceived notious about body weight and being thin, play a significant role in causing bulimia the media also engorges the desire to thin among the youth.

Revelation and manage meant of Bulimia: There is no fixed cure for Bulimia. This disorder may be prevented up to some extent by following.

  1. Individuals should take a balanced diet and follow healthy eating habits.
  2. A proper regimen of exercise should be followed regularly to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
  3. Bulimia can also prevented by having a positive self and body image. Individuals should not be critical of their body shapes and sizes and focus or maintaining proper lifestyle.