Causes of Eating Disorder : Reducing Your Risk

Eating disorders are mental disorders defined by abnormal eating habits that negatively affect a person's physical or mental health. They include binge eating disorder where people eat a large amount in a short period of time, anorexia nervosa where people eat very little and thus have a low body weight, bulimia nervosa where people eat a lot and then try to rid themselves of the food, pica where people eat non-food items, rumination disorder where people regurgitate food, avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder where people have a lack of interest in food, and a group of other specified feeding or eating disorders. Anxiety disorders, depression, and substance abuse are common among people with eating disorders.

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Risk Factors	Studies
Strong Risk Factor Epilepsy Brain system	1 study Chronology of Onset of Mental Disorders and Physical Diseases in Me... Study in 2016 +527% with Moderate evidence 6,483 subjects
Risk Factor Excess use of digital ... Selfcare	1 study The Association between Social Media Use and Eating Concerns among ... Study in 2016 +135% with Moderate evidence 1,765 subjects