Eating Disorders Blog

Stephanie Pratt, a star on the MTV series "The Hills," recently revealed that she is struggling with bulimia. The star opened up about her battle with the eating disorder this week. She says she wanted to help increase awareness about the disorder and help others avoid it. Bulimic individuals have episodes of binge eating, after which they "eliminate" the consumed calories through self-induced vomiting, use of laxatives, or excessive exercise.

Following the star's confession, MTV interviewed Danielle Shelov, a psychologist at New York's Columbus Park Collaborative, to get more information on the causes of bulimia. Ms. Shelov stated that bulimia can be triggered by a number of different factors. "It can be a variety of things, usually something has gone on somewhere along the line that allows them to feel like something is missing, or something is lacking in their life, or maybe they feel out of control, or maybe they feel they have nothing that's their own. & So a lot of times the function of an eating disorder will be to have something of their own and to give them something to control."

(Source: www.mtv.com)

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