Growth and Health Study), we examine (1) whether bulimic behavior is consistent with addiction criteria as stated in the …) reflects tolerance formed from an addiction or if it can be attributed to slow learning about the deleterious health effects of … BN. Making the case for treating BN as an addiction has important policy implications. First, it suggests that the timing …

, together with support from the medical literature, provide evidence that bulimia should be considered an addiction. Our …

the theory of rational addiction. …