Nutritional interventions for individuals with bulimia nervosa.
Many physical and psychological effects of bulimia nervosa are caused by the patient's partial starvation and chaotic nutritional cycle. Attention should thus be initially directed to correcting nutritional deficiencies and abnormal eating patterns, and providing dietary counselling. Nevertheless, very little has been written about the nutritional management of this eating disorder. Nutritional counselling for bulimia patients is reviewed in this paper. Current knowledge about nutritional therapy and its efficacy, goals and objectives is presented, along with recommendations used in treatment programmes. Lastly, the key steps of nutritional management are summarised.
Salvy
S J
SJ
Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada.
McCargar
L
L
D002032:Bulimia / Q000178:diet therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003677:Deficiency Diseases / Q000178:diet therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D052756:Nutritional Sciences / Q000193:education*; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group; D016896:Treatment Outcome