Bonni knows she should stick to a healthful diet, but she often consumes huge servings of junk food- up to 5,000 calories-in one sitting. Desperate to keep from gaining weight, she then uses laxatives and diuretics ("water pills") to purge the calories. Bonni is suffering from
A) anorexia.
B) bulimia.
C) obesity.
D) binge-eating disorder.

Question

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Bonni's behavior of consuming large amounts of food followed by purging through laxatives and diuretics is characteristic of bulimia nervosa.

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