A woman eats chips and dips and burgers and fries and drinks a couple of shakes. Afterward, she goes to the gym and does 90 minutes of aerobics, spends an hour on the stair stepper, and then does weights for another hour. She also does not eat for 72 hours. The set of assumptions underlying her behavior would lead to a diagnosis of:

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The behavior described involves binge eating followed by excessive exercise and fasting, which are compensatory behaviors characteristic of bulimia nervosa.

A Woman Eats Chips and Dips and Burgers and Fries