10 Common Eating Disorders

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  • 1. https://www.eatingdisorderhope.com/information/eating-disorder
  • 2. https://psychcentral.com/disorders/pica-symptoms/
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Common Eating Disorder #2: Pica

There is a huge variety of different types of food in the world, much of which will be unpalatable to many people. Regardless of taste and what you are used to, however, food is still food regardless of our own preferences. Some people, though, will have cravings for food that simply is not food at all.

Pica is a condition that causes people to have cravings for non-food items and substances 2https://psychcentral.com/disorders/pica-symptoms/. This can be substances such as earth, chalk, metals and plastics. Not only do these not provide us with the nutrition we need, they can also contain toxins and other harmful substances.

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