Your Friend Has a Roommate Who Is Desperately Trying to Lose

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Essay

Your friend has a roommate who is desperately trying to lose weight.Your friend suspects her roommate might have an eating disorder,although she is not sure.She asks your help in trying to understand the differences between anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.Contrast these two eating disorders for your friend.

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Definitions:

Ionizing Radiation

High-energy radiation that can remove tightly bound electrons from the orbit of an atom, causing the atom to become charged or ionized.

Visible Light

Visible light is the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visible to the human eye, encompassing wavelengths approximately from 380 to 750 nanometers.

Stationary Phase

The phase in chromatography that does not move, which can be a solid or a viscous liquid through which the sample moves.

HPLC Column

A cylinder filled with stationary phase used in high-performance liquid chromatography for separating chemical compounds in a mixture.