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Eating disorder
Eating disorders
are
mental disorders
defined by abnormal eating habits that negatively affect a person's
physical
or
mental
health. They include
binge eating disorder
where people eat a large amount in a short period of time,
anorexia nervosa
where people eat very little and thus have a low
body weight
,
bulimia nervosa
where people eat a lot and then try to rid themselves of the food,
pica
where people eat non-food items,
rumination disorder
where people
regurgitate
food,
avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder
where people have a lack of interest in food, and a group of
other specified feeding or eating disorders
.
Anxiety disorders
,
depression
, and
substance abuse
are common among people with eating disorders. These disorders do not include
obesity
.
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