Jody is a 21-year-old college student who is obsessed with her body weight. She feels that she is too heavy, even though she weighs only 100 pounds (she is 5'1"tall). She will sometimes go for several days without eating food but will drink large amounts of diet soda. Occasionally she will go on an eating rampage, consuming large quantities of food, only to relieve herself using laxatives. What would you diagnose Jody's eating problem to be?

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Jody exhibits behaviors associated with both anorexia nervosa (obsession with body weight, feeling too heavy despite being underweight, and restricting food intake) and bulimia (binge eating followed by purging through laxatives).

Jody Is a 21-Year-Old College Student Who Is Obsessed with Her