Belinda appears to be a typical 14-year-old. She socializes with her friends and spends her time listening to music and watching movies. Unknown to her parents and friends, Belinda will sometimes binge on large amounts of food and then either vomit or use laxatives to purge herself of the extra calories. Belinda MOST likely suffers from ______.

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Belinda displays symptoms of binge eating followed by purging behaviors which are characteristic of bulimia nervosa. Anorexia nervosa is characterized by severe restriction of food intake leading to low body weight, while binge eating disorder involves recurrent episodes of binge eating without compensatory purging behaviors. Somatic symptom disorder involves excessive distress and preoccupation with physical symptoms that have no medical explanation.

Belinda Appears to Be a Typical 14-Year-Old