Risk factors for bulimia are similar to those of other eating disorders, such as anorexia nervosa:
• females
• those of age 10 through to 25
• athletes
• people who are active in dancing, modeling or gymnastics
• people of European racial descent
• students who are under heavy workloads
• those who have suffered traumatic events in their lifetime such as child abuse and sexual abuse
• those positioned in the higher echelons of the socioeconomic scale
• the highly intelligent and/or high-achievers.
• perfectionists
• homosexual males
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