A woman eats cookies, cake, ice cream, and almost anything else that is sweet. At some point during the binge, she takes a huge dose of a laxative to "empty out" the food. Her taking the laxative, and the assumption underlying why she does it, would lead to a diagnosis of:

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The behavior described aligns with bulimia nervosa, characterized by episodes of binge eating followed by inappropriate compensatory behaviors to prevent weight gain, such as taking laxatives.

A Woman Eats Cookies, Cake, Ice Cream, and Almost Anything