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Eating disorder; Specialty: Psychiatry, clinical psychology: Symptoms: Abnormal eating habits that negatively affect physical or mental health [1]: Complications: Anxiety disorders, depression, substance abuse, [2] arrhythmia, heart failure and other heart problems, acid reflux (gastroesophageal reflux disease or GERD), gastrointestinal problems, low blood pressure (hypotension), organ failure ...
Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder. Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder ( ARFID) is a feeding or eating disorder in which individuals significantly limit the volume or variety of foods they consume, causing malnutrition, weight loss, and/or psychosocial problems. [ 1] Unlike eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia ...
The back of a person with anorexia. Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by attempts to lose weight by way of starvation. A person with anorexia nervosa may exhibit a number of signs and symptoms, the type and severity of which may vary and be present but not readily apparent. [ 21]
With so much attention paid to severe cases of eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia, it’s important to have awareness of even the most subtle symptoms of disordered eating and how they ...
Psychiatry. Unspecified feeding or eating disorder ( UFED) is a DSM-5 category of eating disorders that, along with other specified feeding or eating disorder (OSFED), replaced eating disorder not otherwise specified ( EDNOS) in the DSM-IV-TR . UFED is an eating disorder that does not meet the criteria for anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa ...
Psychiatry. Other specified feeding or eating disorder ( OSFED) is a subclinical DSM-5 category that, along with unspecified feeding or eating disorder (UFED), replaces the category formerly called eating disorder not otherwise specified ( EDNOS) in the DSM-IV-TR. [1] It captures feeding disorders and eating disorders of clinical severity that ...
Bulimia nervosa, also known as simply bulimia, is an eating disorder characterized by binge eating followed by purging or fasting, and excessive concern with body shape and weight. [ 9 ][ 2 ] This activity aims to expel the body of calories eaten from the binging phase of the process. [ 9 ] Binge eating refers to eating a large amount of food ...
Compulsive eating. [ 1] Binge eating, with associated loss of control. [ 2] Self-induced vomiting. [ 3] Disordered eating also includes behaviors that are not characteristic of a specific eating disorder, such as: Irregular, chaotic eating patterns. Ignoring physical feelings of hunger and satiety (fullness).