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Good question -- and i think it depends on your definition.
For one thing, these days they have AN - b/p subtype, which covers all the people who used to be called bulimic, but are at or below 85% of their normal weight. Then there's the fact that many, many bulimics are not diagnosed.
But I think that bulimia is more common than anorexia, from what I've read. Maybe it's just that more people have heard about AN these days? Although that's changing, thanks to Jane Fonda et al.
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