"Bulimia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Eating an excess amount of food in a short period of time, as seen in the disorder of BULIMIA NERVOSA. It is caused by an abnormal craving for food, or insatiable hunger also known as "ox hunger".
| Descriptor ID |
D002032
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.888.821.645.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Bulimia- Bulimia
- Bulimias
- Binge Eating
- Eating, Binge
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Bulimia" by people in Profiles.
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Effectiveness of lifestyle interventions to reduce binge eating symptoms in African American and Hispanic women. Appetite. 2015 Dec; 95:269-74.
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Weight-related teasing, emotional eating, and weight control behaviors in Hispanic and African American girls. Eat Behav. 2013 Dec; 14(4):513-7.
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Depression, stress and body fat are associated with binge eating in a community sample of African American and Hispanic women. Eat Weight Disord. 2013 Jun; 18(2):221-7.
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Relationship of fruit, vegetable, and fat consumption to binge eating symptoms in African American and Hispanic or Latina women. Eat Behav. 2012 Apr; 13(2):179-82.