Question

Rachel is a young woman of medium build. On a professional level, she has very high standards but suffers from low confidence. Rachel often engages in impulsive eating. However, after eating, she purges by self-induced vomiting because she has a fear of gaining weight. Rachel is most likely to be diagnosed with:___________.

1. bulimia nervosa
2. obesity
3. bipolar disorder
4. anorexia nervosa

Answer 1

#1

Step-by-step explanation:

Bulemia nervosa

Answer 2

Bulimia nervosa

Step-by-step explanation:

Bulimia nervosa can defined as a eating disorder in which the person tend to consume large quantities of food but the person is afraid of gaining weight by self inducing her self to vomit or purging all the food he /she ate which is called Binge eating. Although this condition is life threatening disorder due to the intake of abnormal large amount of food within a short time frame or short period of time.

Therefore BULIMIA NERVOSA is binge eating which is often followed by purging.

Which is why Rachel is most likely to be diagnosed with BULIMIA NERVOSA.