Question

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select the correct answer.
latisha cannot control the urge to eat large quantities of food, which she later vomits. which eating disorder does she have?
a. anorexia nervosa
b. binge eating disorder
c. bulimia

Explanation:

To determine the eating disorder, we analyze each option:

• Option A (anorexia nervosa) is characterized by self - starvation and extreme weight loss, not by binge - eating followed by vomiting.
• Option B (binge - eating disorder) involves recurrent binge - eating episodes but without the purging (vomiting) behavior that follows the binge in bulimia.
• Option C (bulimia) is defined by episodes of binge - eating (eating large amounts of food in a short time with a sense of loss of control) followed by purging behaviors such as vomiting to compensate for the binge. Since Latisha eats large quantities of food and then vomits, this matches the symptoms of bulimia.

Answer:

C. bulimia