How to Identify, Cope With and Treat Bulimia Nervosa

"Thin is in." The desire to have a thin and trim body has influenced millions of Americans to diet. They read magazine articles about dieting, buy diet books, go to diet doctors, join diet programs and count calories so they can lose weight and have thin bodies.

Others, usually young women, find a "better" way to lose weight. The pursuit of being thin becomes an obsession that begins when she breaks her diet. She is overcome with guilt and has the idea of "getting rid of the bad food" by vom...