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The effect of pregnancy on bulimia
Author(s) -
Ramchandani Dilip,
Whedon Barbara
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
international journal of eating disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.785
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1098-108X
pISSN - 0276-3478
DOI - 10.1002/1098-108x(198811)7:6<845::aid-eat2260070616>3.0.co;2-i
Subject(s) - pregnancy , bulimia nervosa , psychology , obesity , weight gain , body weight , developmental psychology , psychiatry , medicine , eating disorders , biology , genetics
Symptoms remitted in two normal‐weight bulimic women who became pregnant. The authors link their excessive weight gain in pregnancy to the concept of Bulimia as a form of thwarted obesity.