Question

Jana's BMI is 25.5. She skips breakfast and usually eats a salad for lunch. While she is with friends, she eats large amounts of cookies, pastries, and ice cream. After eating such foods, she excuses herself to go to the bathroom. Her friends are amazed that she doesn't gain weight. Based on this information, Jana may have___

Answer 1

She likely has bulimia nervosa

Answer 2

Based on the information, Jana may have:

• bulimia nervosa.

Step-by-step explanation:

Since Jana's BMI is quite close to healthy (regularly the index between 18.5 and 24.9 is considered healthy), Jana could be considered as taking care of her weight, however, she sometimes suffers from excessive food consumption, which is usually called binge eating, which you later want to evacuate through vomiting or the use of laxatives, which would explain her visits to the bathroom after food intake, in addition to your weight does not increase, all this indicates that she suffers from bulimia nervosa and even she hasn't told her friends.