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WORDS TO UNDERSTAND

anorexia nervosa: an eating disorder characterized by the severe restriction of calorie intake by intentional self-starvation and restriction of food and drink consumption Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID): an eating disorder characterized by the extreme avoidance of certain types of foods or a limitation on eating certain portions or preparations of foods bulimia nervosa: an eating disorder characterized by consuming food and drink and then purging the contents of the stomach in order to avoid gaining weight from eating eating disorder: an uncommon or non-conventional habit, interest, obsession, or avoidance related to the consumption of food pica: an eating disorder characterized by the consuming desire to eat non-food items such as dirt, clay, glue, chalk, hair, cotton, and other items with little to no nutritional value rumination disorder: an eating disorder characterized by the unintentional regurgitation of food at some point after consuming food or drink

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