perty are common ways for a bulimic person to pay for the food. Research shows bulimia affects females more often than males and it starts around the age of 18. It is a rough time for the bulimic person, because many of them have finished high school, started new jobs , or moved on to college. Bulimia is starting at younger ages every year. A survey in the late 1980s found that approximately thirty percent of 10th grade females were either vomiting or using laxatives. Research has also shown that people suffering with bulimia often abuse alcohol and commit petty crimes. Many of them do not have well developed social skills. Bulimia can be triggered by life changes, family problems, relationship problems, or negative remarks made about their weight. It usually develops after a long period of unsuccessful dieting. They believe that by being thin, people will like them better, and be more successful in life.Signs that a person is bulimic may be more evident with some than others. Some might suffer from depression, a psychological illness where the individual loses interest in things they used to love doing, feeling of hopelessness, constant fatigue, bruises on the knuckles, and hair loss. Bulimics are at high risk of dying young. They have multiple health problems as a result of the binging and purging. They can have difficulty swallowing and retaining food, swollen glands, damage to the esophagus, internal bleeding, tooth decay, loss of tooth enamel, weakness, headaches, dizziness, and possible heart attacks.Many young women are suffering from this disease, and I believe that is due to the lack of knowledge on the subject. Society is too busy pressing the products, trends and the notion of being thin, that they are letting these young girls slip away. We need to educate the teenagers in high school and even in the middle schools. Maybe if the young women are presented with the consequences both, psychical, and emotional...
