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Striving for the Perfect Body
Have you ever wanted to change something about your body? While some people get plastic surgery or just live with their imperfections, bulimics take matters of their weight into their own hands. Bulimics do more harm than good to their bodies, that may be irreversible or eventually life threatening.
"Bulimia is an eating disorder characterized by a pattern of episodic binge-eating" (Mitchell 29). People with bulimia are aware that the way they eat everyday is not normal, but they feel like they can not stop it. The behavior is usually done alone and the person usually feels depressed and remorse about what just happened. Bulimics are always concerned about their weight, often making themselves vomit or abuse laxatives to prevent themselves from gaining weight or to lose weight. Bulimics have strong urges to overeat, vomit or abuse purgatives to avoid getting fat from the large amount of food they eat, and are afraid to become obese. Bulimia is......

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