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Types of disorders

There are many different types of eating disorders, all equally important and all life threatening. 

Anorexia

Anorexia is when a person will stop eating or become obsessed over how much and what they eat in order to have what they view as the perfect body.

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Bulimia

Bulimia is marked by binging, followed by methods to avoid weight gain.

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Binge Eating

Binge Eating Disorder is recurrent episodes of eating large quantities of food (often very quickly and to the point of discomfort)

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Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)

Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) is  highly selective eating habits, disturbed feeding patterns or both.

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Other Specified Feeding/ Eating Disorder (OSFED)

Other Specified Feeding or Eating Disorder (OSFED) causes significant distress or impairment, but does not meet the criteria for another feeding or eating disorder.

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Unspecified Feeding or Eating Disorder (UFED)

Unspecified Feeding or Eating Disorder (UFED) cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functions 

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Pica

 Pica is the persistent eating of substances such as dirt or paint that have no nutritional value.

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Rumination Disorder

Rumination disorder is when someone brings back up and re-chews partially digested food that has already been swallowed.

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Orthorexia

Orthorexia is a medical condition in which the sufferer systematically avoids specific foods in the belief that they are harmful.

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You can reach the NEDA Helpline at (800) 931-2237. 

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For more personal help linked is the best  treatment center in your state.

 

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