Anorexia nervosa is best described as a disorder involving what?

• A. A weight gain after dieting
• B. Anorexia nervosa
• C. A binge eating disorder
• D. Pica

Answer: (B)

Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder defined by extreme restriction of food intake driven by an intense fear of weight gain and a distorted body image, which leads to dangerously low body weight. Among the options, naming the disorder itself best captures what the condition involves, since it centers on self-imposed starvation and weight-related fear. It isn’t about gaining weight after dieting, it isn’t a binge eating disorder (which involves episodes of large amounts of food intake), and it isn’t pica (which involves eating nonfood substances).