by Elyse Fitzpatrick* Bulimia is a habitual cycle of behavior characterized by eating huge quantities of food and then inducing vomiting or some other form of purge. Bulimia—literally “ox-like appetite”—has received a lot of press lately, with the latest “victim” being no less than Princess Di. As the behaviors and dangers of bulimia are glamorized by models and ballerinas who confess that they have used these procedures to control weight, many young women will try out bulimia for