Madeline comes home from school each day and eats a half gallon of ice cream and a dozen donuts and then purges the food through vomiting. Then she does not eat at all until the next afternoon, when she repeats this ritual. Despite her normal weight, Madeline is likely suffering from ____

a. ?anorexia nervosa
b. ?bulimia nervosa
c. ?purging
d. ?anorexia and bulimia nervosa


ANSWER:
b

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