A team of Dutch psychiatrists recently conducted a study in which they found that women living in urban areas were three to five times more likely to struggle with bulimia. Cases of anorexia were not directly linked to geographic locations.

"Eating disorders experts say that some young people turn to bulimia because they are cut off from traditional family networks to support them when they encounter problems."

Increased availability of food was offered as another possible explanation. Of the 110 cases of bulimia studied by the Dutch team, the incidence rate jumped from 7.0 per 100,000 in rural areas to 25.5 in large cities.

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