As the physical and psychological well-being has become a cultural public health focus in Western countries, impact of social networking sites been highlighted, especially for young who are process identity formation. For them, rapidly evolving media world is increasing importance as main arena socializing, experimentation, exploration communication. Studies connect exposure adolescents adults ...

Although eating disorders can occur in teenagers and young children, the risk of developing disease increases during college years. About 95% between age 12 25 Examples include anorexia nervosa, bulimia binge disorder. Anorexia nervosa occurs people who eat a lot food purge or deny themselves at all. The aim purging after is to eliminate fear gaining weight digesting unwanted foods. However, pr...

Patients with bulimia nervosa frequently have problems with alcoholism and other substance abuse. The goal of this study was to assess whether this relationship between eating abnormalities and substance abuse extends to subthreshold levels of dieting and substance use. A self-administered questionnaire assessing dieting and substance use (alcohol, cigarettes, and marijuana) was completed by 1,...

BACKGROUND This study seeks to identify the genetic and environmental risk factors for the overvalued ideas that are characteristic of bulimia nervosa, using a biometrical model fitting approach with twin data. METHODS The Eating Disorder Examination (EDE), which can be used to gain continuous measures of dietary restraint, eating concern, weight concern and shape concern, was administered to...

BACKGROUND Little information exists on relapse in patients with bulimia nervosa who responded with complete abstinence from binge eating and purging to cognitive behavioral therapy. Identification of relapse predictors may be useful to design effective early intervention strategies for relapse of susceptible patients with bulimia nervosa. METHODS This multisite study examined relapse in 48 p...

Idiopathic achalasia is a primary esophageal motor disorder characterized by esophageal aperistalsis and abnormal lower esophageal sphincter relaxation in response to deglutition. Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder, which amongst other symptoms presents with self-induced vomiting after repetitive episodes of binge eating in order to prevent weight gain. The present study reports the case of ...

Of the eating disorders, anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are the ones that have made adolescent patients-often females and aged younger and younger-seek for help. This help is provided through a multidisciplinary treatment involving psychiatrists, psychologists and dietists. Psychotherapy has shown to be an efficient component for these patients' improvement. The present article aims at pr...