Types of eating disorders include binge eating disorder, where the patient eats a large amount in a short period of time anorexia nervosa, where the person has an intense fear of gaining weight and restricts food or overexercises to manage this fear bulimia nervosa, where individuals eat a large quantity (binging) then try to rid themselves of the food (purging) pica, where the patient eats non-food items rumination syndrome, where the patient regurgitates undigested or minimally digested food avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID), where people have a reduced or selective food intake due to some psychological reasons (see below) and a group of other specified feeding or eating disorders. Only one eating disorder can be diagnosed at a given time. Gastrointestinal disorders, history of sexual abuse, being a dancer or gymnast Ĭounseling, proper diet, normal amount of exercise, medications Īn eating disorder is a mental disorder defined by abnormal eating behaviors that negatively affect a person's physical or mental health. Abnormal eating habits that negatively affect physical or mental health Īnxiety disorders, depression, substance abuse īinge eating disorder, anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, pica, rumination disorder, avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, night eating syndrome
