Non-purging bulimia is a type of bulimia nervosa, an eating disorder that involves binge eating followed by compensatory behaviors like excessive exercise. Bulimia nervosa is a type of eating disorder ...

Purging disorder is a type of eating disorder in which a person self-induces vomiting or uses laxatives, enemas, or diuretics ("water pills") to purge the body of food they have eaten. It differs from ...

To read this article for CME/CE, click here. June 6, 2008 — More than 10% of adolescent girls and 3% of boys binge eat or purge at least once a week, according to a new study published in the June ...