dc.contributor.author | Kribs, Christopher | |
dc.contributor.author | Gonzalez, Beverly | |
dc.contributor.author | Huerta-Sanchez, Emilia | |
dc.contributor.author | Ortiz-Nieves, Angela | |
dc.contributor.author | Vazquez-Alvarez, Terannie | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-05-19T19:42:12Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-05-19T19:42:12Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2003 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Published in Journal of Mathematical Psychology 47(5-6):515-526, 2003 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10106/25671 | |
dc.description | Author's final draft after peer review, also known as a post print. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | For 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.sponsorship | This 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.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_US |
dc.subject | Bulimia nervosa | en_US |
dc.subject | Eating disorders | en_US |
dc.subject | Dynamical systems | en_US |
dc.subject | Peer pressure | en_US |
dc.subject | Reproductive number | en_US |
dc.title | Am I too fat? Bulimia as an epidemic | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.publisher.department | Department of Mathematics, University of Texas at Arlington | |
dc.identifier.externalLinkDescription | The original publication is available at Article DOI | |
dc.identifier.doi | doi:10.1016/j.jmp.2003.08.002 | |