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Eating disorders are a type of serious mental health condition characterized by severe disturbances in eating behaviors and related thoughts and emotions. Typically, people with ED develop an unhealthy preoccupation with food and body size, weight or shape.  The most recent version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V) recognizes four sub-categories of eating disorders:

Eating disorders, such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia, and binge eating, are characterized by an unusual attitude towards food that may cause an individual to alter their eating habits and eating behaviors.

The most common symptom or sign of an eating disorder is the distorted body image also known as body dysmorphia. Body dysmorphia occurs in both anorexia and bulimia.

Diagnosis of eating disorders is a process that begins with acceptance of its presence. Often the patient needs to be convinced of its presence as there is severe denial and resistance to the problem.

Treating eating disorders is not a one time or a short term process. There is a high risk of relapse and recurrence. Another difficulty is that an anorexic patient believes that the emaciation is normal and attractive and bulimic patient feels that purging is the only way to prevent obesity.

There are various symptoms and complications that are related to different eating disorders, all of which vary according to the severity of the eating disorder.

Night eating disorder, also known as night eating syndrome, is a condition where a person will tend to eat at least 25% of their daily calories after they have had their evening meal. The condition also results in disturbances in the person’s sleep pattern. A similar condition is sleep related eating disorder (SRED).

Although the specific causes of a binge-eating disorder are not clear, several risk factors are likely to increase the potential for an individual to develop the disorder. In most cases, several risk factors will contribute to the development of the disorder.

Binge eating disorder (BED), a condition that involves a person rapidly and excessively eating over a period of time without purging and frequently repeating this, has various treatments. The way that medical staff can help the individual patient depends on thoroughly understanding the reasons behind the disorder developing.

The signs and symptoms that are characteristic of a binge-eating disorder primarily relate to the individual’s eating habits and relationship with food, rather than their physical appearance or body shape. While most affected patients are overweight, some people with binge-eating disorder have normal body weights and most obese people do not have binge-eating disorder.

Binge eating disorder is a condition that involves a person rapidly and excessively eating over a period of time and then feeling embarrassed about their over-consumption. In comparison to other disorders, the person does not purge the food afterwards.

Binge eating disorder (BED), a condition where a person repeatedly eats significantly more food over a certain period of time without purging, can cause major health risks for the individual. The risks of BED can be both physical and psychological for the patient.

Pica is an eating disorder where an individual has a preference for eating items that have no perceived nutritional value to the human body. The disorder is most commonly exhibited by women and young children. Pregnant women can be especially prone to the disorder, which also affects people with learning difficulties such as autism.

Diabulimia is an eating disorder that can affect people who suffer from type 1 diabetes. In this condition, the patient may also reduce the levels of insulin injections they require in an attempt to lose weight. This, however, puts them at danger of other complications because it results in a rise of glucose in the blood.

Emotional overeating is when a person eats more than they need due to negative feelings that they are experiencing. If this type of eating becomes a regular pattern, it may result in other negative consequences in the patient.