Nutrition Fundamentals: Unit 10: Disordered Eating and Intuitive Eating

Anorexia nervosa

An eating disorder characterized by extreme weight loss, poor body image, and irrational fears of weight gain and being in a larger body.

Purging

Compensatory behaviors to prevent weight gain such as self-induced vomiting, fasting or extreme dieting, excessive exercise, or misuse of laxatives

Bulimia nervosa

A condition characterized by recurrent episodes of eating significantly larger amounts of food than what most individuals would eat in similar circumstances followed by compensatory behaviors such as self-induced vomiting, fasting or extreme dieting, excessive exercise, or misuse of laxatives to prevent weight gain.

Binge Eating

the consumption of a noticeably larger amount of food than what most individuals would eat in similar circumstances within a 2-hour window of time

OSFED

An eating disorder diagnosis that encompasses individuals with characteristics of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder yet may not meet the exact diagnostic criteria for those conditions. OSFED stands for “other specified feeding or eating disorder.”

Binge-eating disorder

an eating disorder characterized by periodic binge eating, which normally is not followed by compensatory purging behaviors

Body dysmorphic disorder

a condition where one becomes preoccupied by a defect or flaws in their appearance to the point that it consumes one’s daily thoughts, behaviors, and perception of their self. It is a mental health condition related to obsessive compulsive disorder that often affects food intake.

Orthorexia

A condition where one develops an unhealthy fixation on eating a “healthy” diet which leads to restriction of certain foods or food groups. It is considered a form of AFRID

AFRID (avoidant restricitve food intake disorder)

a condition where disturbances surrounding food or eating lead to food restriction

Pica

the regular consumption of nonfood substances such as clay or laundry starch