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People with anorexia nervosa may limit their food intake or compensate for it through various purging behaviors. They have an intense fear of gaining weight, even when severely underweight.
People with bulimia nervosa uncontrollably consume large amounts of food in short periods of time, then purge. They fear gaining weight despite being at a normal weight.
People with binge eating disorder regularly and uncontrollably consume large amounts of food in short periods of time. Unlike people with other eating disorders, they do not purge.
Individuals with pica tend to crave and eat non-food substances. This disorder may particularly affect children, pregnant women and individuals with mental disabilities.
Rumination disorder can affect people at all stages of life. People with the condition generally regurgitate the food they've recently swallowed. Then they chew it again and either swallow it or spit it out.
ARFID is an eating disorder that causes people to undereat. This is either due to a lack of interest in food or an intense distaste for how certain foods look, smell or taste.
Purging disorder and night eating syndrome are two additional eating disorders that are currently not well described. The EDNOS category includes all eating disorders, such as orthorexia, that don’t fit into another category.
