Eating disorders

2. extreme, harmful eating behaviors that can cause serious illness or even death
4. The use of vomiting, laxatives, excessive exercise, restrictive dieting, enemas, diuretics, or diet pills to compensate for food that has been eaten and that the person fears will produce weight gain
6. an eating disorder characterized by episodes of overeating, usually of high-calorie foods, followed by vomiting, laxative use, fasting, or excessive exercise
7. eating non food items
9. an eating disorder in which an irrational fear of weight gain leads people to starve themselves
12. on-site medical and psychological care for a person trying to become alcohol-free and drug-free
13. behavior; manner of conducting oneself

1. significant binge-eating episodes, followed by distress, disgust, or guilt, but without the compensatory purging, fasting, or excessive exercise that marks bulimia nervosa
3. the regurgitation of recently eaten food into the mouth followed by either rechewing, reswallowing, or spitting it out
5. A falling back into an old illness or bad habit
8. To force or strongly persuade; coerce
10. drugs that combat depression by affecting the levels or activity of neurotransmitters in the brain
11. food intake disorder in which individuals avoid eating out of concern about aversive consequences or restrict intake of food with specific sensory characteristics