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People who have developed bulimia are not typically underweight. Most bulimics are average size, but strive to be thinner. Like anorexia bulimia distorts the minds view of the body. When developed people with bulimia practice binging and purging. Binging is the process of consuming a large amount of food in a small amount of time. The effect of binging is purging in the attempt to rid oneself of the food consumed. This practiced act has many effects on the body, and over a long period of time can cause tooth decay, colon cancer, and in women issues with fertility. Though not all of these effects may be contracted there is a high risk that one or more may be over an extended use, or misuse of laxatives, and forced