Bulimia In Men - Bingeing And Purging

Fitness Drifter

We're talking about eating disorders again this week. Bulimia nervosa and a little bit specifically on bulimia in men.

We'll cover the history behind this eating disorder, what it is, what impact it has, signs, symptoms, what recovery is like and I also added some guidance on how to help someone else if you think they are dealing with bulimia or any eating disorder for that matter.

Other support resources:

• BEAT (UK)
• NEDA (US)
• Eating Disorder Hope (International)

The blog post for this episode is available here.

References used in this episode:

• 1979 original article about bulimia nervosa - https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychological-medicine/article/abs/bulimia-nervosa-an-ominous-variant-of-anorexia-nervosa/7B34901CE624D00B13ABBF59D4A78BDD
• NHS guide on bulimia -

  https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/conditions/bulimia/overview/

• Prevalence of bulimia in women vs men -

  https://archive.org/details/diagnosticstatis0005unse/page/345

• Stats on bulimia and eating disorders in the UK -

  https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/media-centre/eating-disorder-statistics/

• Disordered eating in male athletes in weight-based sports -

  https://www.waldeneatingdisorders.com/blog/four-things-you-might-not-know-about-men-and-bulimia/

• Princess Diana and bulimia - https://www.vogue.com/article/princess-diana-real-life-battle-with-bulimia
• Lady Gaga on bulimia -

  https://pagesix.com/2012/02/09/lady-gaga-reveals-struggle-with-bulimia/

• Wikipedia page on celebrities with bulimia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_with_bulimia_nervosa
• Study on impact of genetics in eating disorders -

  https://web.archive.org/web/20160502145058/http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/neuro/neuro98/202s98-paper3/Hirst3.html

• US criteria for bulimia diagnosis -

  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK519712/table/ch3.t16/