"Bulimia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Eating an excess amount of food in a short period of time, as seen in the disorder of BULIMIA NERVOSA. It is caused by an abnormal craving for food, or insatiable hunger also known as "ox hunger".
| Descriptor ID |
D002032
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.888.821.645.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Bulimia- Bulimia
- Bulimias
- Binge Eating
- Eating, Binge
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Bulimia" by people in this website by year, and whether "Bulimia" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1997 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 1999 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2001 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2002 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 2003 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2004 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2005 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2010 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2014 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Bulimia" by people in Profiles.
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Exploring expectations for a digital intervention for binge eating among individuals experiencing food insecurity. Eat Behav. 2026 Apr; 61:102089.
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Feasibility and Preliminary Efficacy of a Guided Self-Help Digital Intervention for Adults With Food Insecurity, Recurrent Binge Eating, and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Pilot Trial. Int J Eat Disord. 2026 Jul; 59(7):1531-1542.
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Exploring Drivers of Binge Eating in Individuals With Food Insecurity and Recurrent Binge Eating: A Qualitative Analysis. Int J Eat Disord. 2025 07; 58(7):1244-1255.
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'Harder to reach' versus reaching harder: Exploring preferred dissemination pathways to a digital binge-eating intervention for adults with or at risk of food insecurity. Eat Behav. 2025 Apr; 57:101970.
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Exploring pathways between internalized weight bias, eating disorder psychopathology, and weight loss expectations in treatment-seeking adults with binge eating and obesity. Eat Weight Disord. 2025 Feb 21; 30(1):17.
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Prospective associations between cognitive flexibility and eating disorder symptoms in anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. Psychiatry Res. 2024 02; 332:115717.
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The role of habit in maintaining binge/purge behaviors: An ecological momentary assessment study. Int J Eat Disord. 2024 05; 57(5):1160-1171.
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The role of stress in the association among food insecurity, eating disorder pathology, and binge eating-related appetitive traits. Eat Behav. 2023 04; 49:101709.
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Generalized network psychometrics of eating-disorder psychopathology. Int J Eat Disord. 2022 11; 55(11):1603-1613.
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Interrater reliability and internal consistency of the eating disorder examination in the longitudinal assessment of bariatric surgery study. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2022 08; 18(8):1015-1022.