Disordered eating
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This article is about abnormal patterns of eating. For clinical eating disorders, see Eating disorders.
Disordered eating describes a variety of abnormal eating behaviors that, by themselves, do not warrant diagnosis of an eating disorder.
Disordered eating includes behaviors that are common features of eating disorders, such as:
- Chronic restrained eating.[1]
- Compulsive eating.[1]
- Binge eating, with associated loss of control.[2]
- Self-induced vomiting.[3]
Disordered eating also includes behaviors that are not characteristic of a specific eating disorder, such as:
- Irregular, chaotic eating patterns.
- Ignoring physical feelings of hunger and satiety (fullness).[1]
- Use of diet pills.[4]
- Emotional eating.[5]
- Night eating.[5]
- Secretive food concocting: the consumption of embarrassing food combinations, such as mashed potatoes mixed with sandwich cookies.[6] See also Food craving § Pregnancy and Nocturnal sleep-related eating disorder § Symptoms and behaviors.