Simone, aged 17, often ate large quantities of food then made herself vomit. What type of eating disorder might she have?
A) bulimia nervose nervosa
B) anorexia nervosa
C) obesity
D) corpus externality syndrome
E) none of these

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Simone's behavior of binge-eating and self-induced vomiting is characteristic of bulimia nervosa. Anorexia nervosa involves severe restriction of food intake and significantly low body weight. Obesity refers to being significantly overweight. Corpus externality syndrome is not a recognized eating disorder.

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