Two or three times a week, Helga has a strong urge to eat huge amounts of food, sometimes an entire cake or four helpings at an all-you-can-eat restaurant. Afterwards, she doesn't use laxatives and she never tries to vomit. She is now about 80 pounds above the recommended body weight. Your best guess is that Helga's problem would be called

a. anorexia nervosa.
b. an anxiety disorder.
c. bulimia nervosa.
d. binge-eating disorder.


D

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