Meredith is a 17-year-old adolescent female who weighs approximately 82 pounds and is gaunt and frail, with a skeletal appearance. Although she fears food and eating, she focuses on food by talking about food, collecting cookbooks, and cooking huge meals for others. Whenever she looks at herself in the mirror, her perception of her body is distorted in that she thinks she is disgustingly fat. Meredith is suffering from which of the following disorders?

a, anorexia nervosa
b, obesity
c, malnutrition
d, bulimia

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Answer:

The correct answer is option A. Anorexia nervosa.

Explanation:

Anorexia nervosa is a mental eating disorder characterized by weight loss or having trouble maintaining an appropriate body weight according to their height, stature or age.

Individual start thinking that they have a distorted body. An individual with anorexia generally restricts the calories intake and the food type they eat.

Thus, the correct answer is option A.