The nurse assessing a patient diagnosed with anorexia nervosa knows that this diagnosis is characterized by which compensatory behavior?
1. Repeated regurgitation of food
2. Episodes of binging and purging
3. Excessive exercise and diuretic misuse
4. Lack of interest in food and in eating food
Answer: 3
Explanation: Anorexia nervosa is characterized by food restriction, preoccupation with food, excessive exercise, self-induced vomiting, and laxative and/or diuretic misuse. Bulimia nervosa is characterized by episodes of binging and purging; rumination disorder involves the repeated regurgitation of food; avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder is characterized by a lack of interest in food and in eating food.
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