ABSTRACT

Alarmingly, more than 4 million individuals are believed to experience some type of an eating disorder (ED) in the United States (Hudson et al. 2007). Even though this book is about women and children with EDs, maladaptive eating patterns also occur in men, particularly men who participate in sports with either a weight requirement (e.g., wrestling, horse racing) or a low body fat requirement (e.g., bodybuilding; Ackard et al. 2007). The lifetime prevalence of bulimia nervosa (BN) is reported to range from 0.5 to 3% (Garnkel et al. 1995; Kendler et al. 1991; Klein and Walsh 2004)

4.1 Learning Objectives................................................................................................................ 61 4.2 Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 61

4.2.1 Prevalence Rates for Bulimia Nervosa ....................................................................... 61 4.2.2 Risk Factors for Bulimia Nervosa .............................................................................. 62 4.2.3 DSM-IV Criteria for Bulimia Nervosa ....................................................................... 62

4.3 Background and Signicance ................................................................................................. 63 4.3.1 Short-Term Adverse Health Effects of Bulimia Nervosa ........................................... 63 4.3.2 Long-Term Adverse Health Effects of Bulimia Nervosa ............................................64 4.3.3 Comorbidities and Mortality Rates for Bulimia Nervosa ..........................................65