Jenny is likely to be anorexic while Kevin is likely to be bulimic. Anorexic is where a person is likely to have a fear of gaining weight and that the person has the willingness or desire to lose weight in which they are likely to engage of having food restrictions while Bulimic is where a person eats a lot and likely to get rid of the food after consuming too much of it.
Jenny is most likely to be anorexic, and Kelvin is most likely to be bulimic.
When you are severely underweight but still afraid of gaining weight so you begin to reduce the quantity of your food intake or you resort to taking programs that ensure weight loss, you are 'anorexic'. Anorexia, also known as Anorexia Nervosa, has only one adverse effect on people.
When a person is suffering from anorexia, he or she just keeps getting thinner and thinner by day. A person like Jenny is suffering from Anorexia. 'She is underweight yet she thinks she is fat, and so, she refuses to eat.
However, Bulimia Nervosa refers to eating disorder which is characterized by eating uncontrollably followed by purging. A person who, now and then, eats plenty of food and removes them from his body system is Bulimic. Bulimic Nervosa is a severe eating disorder in which a person eats much amount of food in a short time but gets rid of it from his body, either by vomiting or through the use of laxatives.
Laxatives are those drugs that are used for relieving constipation.
Kelvin periodically eats three entire pizzas but removes them with laxatives from his body system.
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