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Bulimia in college women: incidence and recovery rates
A Drewnowski1, D K Yee, D D Krahn
1Department of Community Health Programs, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor 48109-2029.
The American Journal of Psychiatry
|June 1, 1988
Abstract:
In a longitudinal survey of college freshmen, the incidence of bulimia nervosa was 4.2 cases per 100 women per year. Prevalence remained stable (2.9%-3.3%) as new cases were offset by partial remissions. Some women continued bulimic behaviors without meeting the DSM-III-R criteria.