You Have Been Asked to Evaluate a 15-Year-Old Girl with a Potential

question 5

Multiple Choice

You have been asked to evaluate a 15-year-old girl with a potential eating disorder, which is impacting her school performance. When you meet her you are struck that she appears to be of normal weight. As you are completing your evaluation one theme keeps arising, her extreme fear of becoming fat. As you continue to observe her throughout the day, you notice that although she is eating her meals, she disappears shortly thereafter. Staff is concerned that she is purging and you overheard her friends talking about potential laxative abuse. Which eating disorder does this information best represent?

• A) Anorexia nervosa
• B) Bulimia nervosa
• C) Binge eating disorder
• D) Binging/Purging eating disorder

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