Sarah is a tall, 14-year old girl who has lost 25 pounds over the last year and currently
weighs 100 pounds. Sarah exercises four hours a day in hopes that she will lose the
"baby fat" that she believes remains around her waist and hips.
Sarah is afraid that
she will become fat if she eats anything other than raw vegetables. When she does not
strictly follow her vegetable diet, Sarah makes herself vomit immediately afterwards.
According to this description, it is likely that Sarah would meet criteria for:
a. Anorexia, restricting type
b. Anorexia, binge-eating/purging type
c. Bulimia, purging type
d. Bulimia, non-purging type
e. Binge-eating disorder
B
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