... induced vomiting, the over use of laxatives or sometimes by excessive exercising. Unlike Anorexics, Bulimics are usually within the expected bodyweight, but like Anorexia, the sufferers have a distorted body image of themselves and those of people they model themselves upon (supermodels, pop singers, etc). The Biological model tends to treat abnormality's, such as eating disorders, as physical illness's and it is believed that treatment of these disorders should be dealt with in a physical way, such as drug treatment (chemotherapy). One explanation of why these eating disorders occur is that there has been a dysfunction of the neurotransmitters in the brain. Keesey and Corbett (1983) did some research into the lateral hypothalamus (LH) and the Ventromedial Hypothalamus (VMH). They discovered that the LH and the VMH work alongside each other to create a weight thermostat, The LH produces the feeling of hunger and the VMH depresses the feeling ...

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