But first this question: Why do so many people still think affluent white girls are the only ones suffering from anorexia and bulimia?
Both anorexia and bulimia are known to go hand in glove with particular personality characteristics which are not directly related to the disease.
Walton, Florida, woman says she started on the path of anorexia and bulimia as a way of dealing with an assault she suffered six years ago.
"We also know that anorexia and bulimia nervosa and related illnesses affect the lives of almost every one of us, either directly or indirectly, " she said.
And I think that black women have more to talk about more than just being obese and anorexia and bulimia and a whole lot of other things.
Up to one million Spanish women are considered to be at risk from or suffering from eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia and the ruling followed years of pressure from politicians and consumer groups.
Dr Nadia Micali, senior lecturer and honorary consultant psychiatrist at University College London's Institute of Child Health, says the latest figures show that 40 in 100, 000 10 to 14-year-olds are diagnosed with eating disorders, including anorexia and bulimia.
Dr Jones told BBC News Online that while most of the problematic behaviours uncovered in the study were not severe enough to be diagnosed as a clinical eating disorder they were still quite significant and placed the girls at risk for the development of conditions such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.
But in the case of anorexia, bulimia and, possibly, obsessive-compulsive disorder, Dr Fetissov's work opens a new line of thinking about how these diseases might be treated.
But Dr. Ameisen, author of The End of My Addiction: How One Man Cured Himself of Alcoholism, says that baclofen, used off-label and in high doses, can cure all addictions, including alcohol, cocaine, heroin, smoking, bulimia and anorexia, compulsive shopping and gambling.
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Michelle has visited Web sites that promote anorexia, known as Ana, and bulimia, nicknamed Mia.
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