Abstract of main article: Yes, you can have Bulimia Nervosa and be overweight. This will happen if you have all the symptoms of Bulimia, but do not get rid of the additional calories to a large enough extent to stay normalweight.

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Sources list for:
"Can you have Bulimia Nervosa if you are Overweight?"

  1. American Psychiatric Association, Washington, DC (1994). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-IV, 4th ed.
  2. Clinical experience.
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