Annette suffers from recurrent episodes of gorging on large quantities of food followed by purging through self-induced vomiting in order to prevent gaining weight. Although her
Weight is well below normal to the point that others see her as "skin and bones," she worries
Excessively about being fat. She also has impulse control problems in other areas of her life.
She is suffering from ______.
A) binge-eating/purging anorexia
B) restrictive anorexia
C) bulimia nervosa
D) binge-eating disorder

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Annette's symptoms align with binge-eating/purging anorexia due to her engaging in recurrent episodes of binge eating followed by purging, excessive worry about being fat despite being underweight, and impulse control issues in other areas of her life. This distinguishes her condition from bulimia nervosa, where individuals are typically at normal weight or overweight, and from restrictive anorexia, where there is no binge eating or purging behavior. Binge-eating disorder involves binge eating without subsequent purging.

Annette Suffers from Recurrent Episodes of Gorging on Large Quantities