Once a week, Candace locks herself in her bedroom and gorges on cookies, cakes, ice cream, and other snack foods. She eats until her stomach hurts and this has been going on for 5 months. Candace is very private about her eating binges and is embarrassed and depressed over her out-of-control eating. Candace is demonstrating characteristics of _____.
A) anorexia nervosa
B) binge-eating disorder
C) anxiety-based eating disorder
D) BMI (body mass index) dysfunction
B) binge-eating disorder
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