Talk:Bulimia nervosa

I think it should be changed from "mostly known as 'mia'.." because I have never heard anyone call bullimia 'mia.' —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.71.223.76 (talk) 21:58, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Adding a link

Sorry, I'm a bit new to Wpedia, but I believe that I must post a link here before adding it to the main page.

My link is Somerset & Wessex Eating Disorders Association, I design and manage the site on a volunteer basis (being a recovered sufferer from anorexia and bulimia myself).

Although we are a rather localised charity I would hope that the information provided by the site would be useful to a much wider audience.

I dont think that the information its really bad

I appreciate that others may remove the listing if they don't feel that it's appropriate to be included here but I thought that I'd post in up just in case and have also done so in a few other eating disorder related articles.

I hope that this is ok. Feel free to email me if there's a problem (contact details are on the website).

With Kind Regards Paul

at risk groups

citing link broken for "the highly intelligent and/or high-achievers"

Also, the statement claiming that men are as likely as women to suffer the disease in wholly inaccuarte and should be amended to correspond with the 90%/10% to female sufferers estimate which is widely used by eating disorder support groups and mediacl set-ups.

More Editing

I have made a number of edits and re-worded a few parts of it. Is it wise to remove toe personal advice though? Bear in mind that a number of people with bulimia may look it up and it may inspire them to seek help —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Stui (talk • contribs) 4 June 2006 (UTC)

References to treatment centres?

I've noticed there are a few references to treatment centres in there, probably because of the original source material. Is it worth taking out these references seeing as Wikipedia is pretty much an international site & phrases like "...available in this country" don't make sense otherwise?

Yes, just where is 'this country' anyway, dammit? There are 193 of them. And why are there only listings for centres in the USA and UK?

Maybe it's because the only contributing parties to this article reside in either the UK or US? Just a thought... Oh, and there are 194 countries if you count Taiwan.

Two small things...

Someone needs to go through this article, replacing every "her" (the personal pronoun for the bulimic) with "they", "one" or "a sufferer of bulimia". Feminising the issue only makes it less acessible to male readers or sufferers, as well as potentially sounding POV.

"Characteristically, those with bulimia nervosa feel more shame and out of control with their behaviors, as the anorexic meticulously controls her intake, a symptom that calms her anxiety around food as she feels she has control of it, naïve to the notion that it, in fact, controls her." - I don't like this.

The reference to the television programme also seems fairly ludicrous in what is essentially a medical article.

Yet another wrong statement

"Every bulimic is completely different in "how much" they purge. Some binge, some don't." WRONG! The sine qua non of bulemia is overeating, i.e., binging, which can vary in intensity and severity. It's the purging that is optional. Compensatory mechanisms are usually in place, but they are not always purgatory; there are "purging" and "non-purging" types, with non-purging types compensating by fasting or with exercise, for example.

Necessary?

Sorry, I'm not entirely sure how to use this, but I was wondering, is this sentence necessary:

"The groups listed below are considered to be at the highest risk: ... those with/without a history of anorexia ..."

It doesn't actually mean anything.

added link

I have added a link to beat, the UKs national eating disorder charity.

Bulimia a Dangerous Disea

bulumia is a dangerous disea so take care...

too right, and those with it are generally sufferers of other psycological affectors. Thus, be careful what is on the page, those seeking help may come here, and see something which can further their anguish.. more links to help/supports site would be a great addition and also more "guys also get bulimia" too. I read this article somewhere once " ##% or guys are bulimic.. 20% of guys with bulimia identify as being gay" that can really hurt aguy who is bulimic and unsure of his sexual interests/uncomfortable being associated with homosexuality, as is the general concensus i have found from personal experience.. 118.92.184.1 (talk) 04:17, 30 December 2008 (UTC) 00iddy basically - be careful and considerate of what you put on this page :) 00iddy —Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.92.184.1 (talk) 04:19, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

What?

Is binge eating something fat or skinny people do? 97.118.63.76 (talk) 05:00, 30 January 2010 (UTC)