Anorexia

Anorexia is a condition where people:

• Avoid food
• Severely restrict food
• Eat very small quantities of certain foods
• Have a distorted body image
• Have an extreme fear of gaining weight

There are Two Types of Anorexia: Restrictive and Binge-Purge

• Restrictive anorexia is a severe limitation of the amount and type of food consumed
• Binge-purge anorexia also limits food consumed and includes binge-eating and purging episodes

• Extremely restricted eating, intensive exercise, or excessive exercise, or a combination of these
• Extreme thinness (emaciation)
• Constantly trying to be thin
• Unwilling to maintain a normal or unhealthy weight
• Intense fear of gaining weight:
  • Distorted body- or self-image
  • Denying the seriousness of low body weight

Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder

Avoidant restrictive food intake disorder is a condition where people limit the amount or type of food they eat, but they don’t have a distorted body image. A child with avoidant restrictive food intake disorder doesn’t eat enough calories to grow and develop properly. An adult doesn’t eat enough calories to maintain basic body function.

Symptoms include:

• Dramatic restriction of types or amount of food eaten
• Lack of appetite or interest in food
• Dramatic weight loss
• Upset stomach, abdominal pain, or other gastrointestinal issues with no other known cause
• "Picky eating” that gets progressively worse