Feeding and Eating Disorders

Question 1

Persistent eating of one or more nonnutritive, nonfood substances over a period of at least 1 month

Answer 1

Pica

Question 2

Repeated regurgitation of food occurring after feeding or eating over a period of at least 1 month

Answer 2

Rumination Disorder

Question 3

Avoidance or restriction of food intake with no excessive concern about body weight or shape

Answer 3

Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder –

Question 4

Persistent energy intake restriction, intense fear of gaining weight or becoming fat / persistent behavior that interferes with weight gain and disturbance in self-perceived weight or shape

Answer 4

Anorexia Nervosa 
(restricting type or binge-eating/purging type)

Question 5

Recurrent episodes of binge eating, recurrent inappropriate compensatory behaviors to prevent weight gain and self-evaluation unduly influenced by body shape and weight

Answer 5

Bulimia Nervosa

Question 6

Recurrent episodes of binge eating without recurrent use of inappropriate compensatory behaviors

Answer 6

Binge-Eating Disorder

Question 7

Related feeding or eating symptoms that cause clinically significant distress or impairment but does not meet full criteria and clinician specifies the reason

Answer 7

Other Specified Feeding or Eating Disorder
(e.g. atypical anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa of low frequency and/or limited duration, purging disorder, night eating syndrome)

Question 8

Related feeding or eating symptoms that cause clinically significant distress or impairment but does not meet full criteria and clinician does not choose to communicate the reason, possibly due to insufficient information

Answer 8

Unspecified Feeding or Eating Disorder

Question 9

Persistent disturbance of eating or eating-related behavior that results in the altered consumption or absorption of food and that significantly impairs physical health or psychosocial functioning

Answer 9

Feeding or Eating Disorders

Question 10

Not included as mental disorder but associated with several mental disorders such as binge-eating disorder, depressive and bipolar disorder, schizophrenia

Answer 10

Obesity