Other eating disorders helps to recognise and categorise conditions that do not more accurately fit into anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder or avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder.
Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) is the sensory based avoidance, fear or restriction of certain foods, due to sensitivities to texture, smell, temperature, or appearance of the food.
Bulimia nervosa is a serious mental illness characterised by recurrent binge-eating episodes, followed by self-induced vomiting, fasting, over-exercising and/or the misuse of laxatives, enemas or diuretics.
Binge eating disorder (BED) is a serious mental illness characterised by regular episodes of binge eating. Binge eating involves eating an excessive amount of food, which may take place in a rapid space of time or may be more of an extended grazing. These episodes can feel chaotic, uncontrollable and highly distressing.
Anorexia nervosa is characterised by body image distortion with an obsessive fear of gaining weight, which manifests itself through depriving the body of food.