Question

An eating disorder in which binge eating is followed by depression and guilt, self-induced vomiting and purging is:
1. bulimia nervosa
2. dysphagia
3. anorexia nervosa
4. binge eating disorder

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : bulimia nervosa

• Bulimia is an eating disorder.
• It is characterized by uncontrolled episodes of overeating, called bingeing.
• This is followed by purging with methods such as vomiting or misuse of laxatives.
• Bingeing is eating much larger amounts of food than you would normally eat in a short period of time, usually less than 2 hours.