Black girls 50% more likely to be bulimic than white girls.The eating disorder eat·ing disorder n. Any of several patterns of severely disturbed eating behavior, especially anorexia nervosa and bulimia, seen mainly in female teenagers and young women. bulimia bulimia: see eating disorders. , characterized by reoccurring episodes of binging and purging, has been perceived as affecting privileged white teens. However, young black girls are more likely to exhibit bulimic behavior than their White peers as are girls from families in the lowest income bracket versus their wealthier peers, according to a 10-year study conducted by Michelle Goeree, an economist at: the University of Southern California The U.S. News & World Report ranked USC 27th among all universities in the United States in its 2008 ranking of "America's Best Colleges", also designating it as one of the "most selective universities" for admitting 8,634 of the almost 34,000 who applied for freshman admission . [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] EDITED BY CAROLYN M. BROWN BROWNC@BLACKENTERPRISE.COM (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page. |
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