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dc.contributor.authorKribs, Christopher
dc.contributor.authorGonzalez, Beverly
dc.contributor.authorHuerta-Sanchez, Emilia
dc.contributor.authorOrtiz-Nieves, Angela
dc.contributor.authorVazquez-Alvarez, Terannie
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-19T19:42:12Z
dc.date.available2016-05-19T19:42:12Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.identifier.citationPublished in Journal of Mathematical Psychology 47(5-6):515-526, 2003en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10106/25671
dc.descriptionAuthor's final draft after peer review, also known as a post print.en_US
dc.description.abstractFor at least the past ten years, eating disorders have had a major impact in the physical and mental health of women, particularly young women. Anorexia and bulimia nervosa are closely linked eating disorders. Anorexia often precedes bulimia. However, there are about 2 million women in college that have been exclusively bulimic. In this article, we focus on the role of college-peer pressure on the dynamics of anorexia-free bulimia. The model looks at bulimia as a progressive disease and explores the impact of intervention (treatment) at two stages of disease progression. The impact of relapse (a common occurrence among bulimics) is taken into account. Analysis indicates that the disorder cannot be wiped out in this population without a shift in cultural pressures; control strategies should include early detection and treatment, as well as preventative education campaigns.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research, carried out at the Mathematical and Theoretical Biology Institute (MTBI) of Cornell University, was sponsored by NSF grant DMS-9977919 and NSA grant MDA 904- 00-1-0006. The authors wish to thank MTBI’s sponsors, the Cornell University Office of the Provost, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (Cornell-Sloan National Pipeline Program in the Mathematical Sciences) and SACNAS.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.subjectBulimia nervosaen_US
dc.subjectEating disordersen_US
dc.subjectDynamical systemsen_US
dc.subjectPeer pressureen_US
dc.subjectReproductive numberen_US
dc.titleAm I too fat? Bulimia as an epidemicen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Mathematics, University of Texas at Arlington
dc.identifier.externalLinkDescriptionThe original publication is available at Article DOI
dc.identifier.doidoi:10.1016/j.jmp.2003.08.002


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