EATING DISORDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does eating disorder mean? 

• EATING DISORDER (noun)
  The noun EATING DISORDER has 1 sense:

1. a disorder of the normal eating routine

  Familiarity information: EATING DISORDER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EATING DISORDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A disorder of the normal eating routine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("eating disorder" is a kind of...):

disorder; upset (a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "eating disorder"):

anorexia (a prolonged disorder of eating due to loss of appetite)

pica (an eating disorder, frequent in children, in which non-nutritional objects are eaten persistently)

binge-purge syndrome; binge-vomit syndrome; bulima nervosa; bulimarexia (a disorder of eating in which the person alternates between strong craving for food and aversion to food; characterized by excessive eating followed by periods of fasting or self-induced vomiting)

binge-eating syndrome; bulimia (a disorder of eating seen among young women who go on eating binges and then feel guilt and depression and self-condemnation)

 Context examples 

Eating disorders can lead to heart and kidney problems and even death.

(Eating Disorders, NIH: National Institute of Mental Health)

An eating disorder characterized by the persistent eating of nonnutritive substances such as clay or soil; this behavior must be inappropriate to the level of the individual's development.

(Pica Eating Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

People who show heightened impulsivity are more likely to experience a number of mental health issues, including substance and behavioural addictions, eating disorders, and ADHD.

(Young people at risk of addiction show differences in key brain region, University of Cambridge)

An eating disorder marked by an intense fear of gaining weight, a refusal to maintain a healthy weight, and a distorted body image.

(Anorexia nervosa, NCI Dictionary)

Not in vain, the research led by the UGR is the first study that has examined the adolescents’ emotions toward sweet food cues based on a constellation of risk behaviors, related to both obesity and eating disorders.

(Obesity and food restrictions proven to be associated with less food enjoyment, University of Granada)

Women are more likely than men to have eating disorders.

(Eating Disorders, NIH: National Institute of Mental Health)

As explained by Laura Miccoli, main author of this study, adolescence, typically associated with greater body dissatisfaction, is a key stage for the development of risky eating behaviors, related both to uncontrolled restrictions on food intake –which may lead to to the development of eating disorders– and with the stabilization of overweight and obesity.

(Obesity and food restrictions proven to be associated with less food enjoyment, University of Granada)

Eating disorders are serious behavior problems.

(Eating Disorders, NIH: National Institute of Mental Health)

Types of eating disorders include: • Anorexia nervosa, in which you become too thin, but you don't eat enough because you think you are fat • Bulimia nervosa, which involves periods of overeating followed by purging, sometimes through self-induced vomiting or using laxatives • Binge-eating, which is out-of-control eating

(Eating Disorders, NIH: National Institute of Mental Health)