People who are_____ are obsessed with thoughts of weight, food, eating, and ridding themselves of food.As a result, they feel guilt, shame, self-contempt, and anxiety, that are reduced through vomiting, which makes this purging highly reinforcing.
A)anorexic
B)bulimic
C)overweight
D)morbidly obese

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Symptoms described in the question are characteristic of bulimia nervosa, which involves episodes of binge-eating followed by purging in order to compensate for the binging. Anorexia nervosa, on the other hand, involves restriction of food intake and a distorted perception of one's body weight and shape. Overweight and morbidly obese individuals may experience distress related to their weight, but the symptoms described in the question do not fit with those diagnoses.

People Who Are_____ Are Obsessed with Thoughts of Weight, Food