10 Eating Disorder Symptoms
Article Sources
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Eating Little
The fear of gaining weight can lead to a food disorder, such as anorexia nervosa, that stops people from consuming enough food to maintain optimum health. This typically leads to a low-calorie diet and multiple nutritional deficiencies, causing weight loss and illness.
Another reason for eating very little could be because of the condition called avoidant restrictive food intake disorder, where individuals may be put off by the taste, texture, smell or even sight of food.2‘Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID).’ National Eating Disorders Association, 22 Feb. 2018, www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/learn/by-eating-disorder/arfid
