Editing Disordered eating (section)

{{Short description|Set of behaviors}}
{{about|abnormal patterns of eating|clinical eating disorders|Eating disorders}}

'''Disordered eating''' describes a variety of abnormal eating behaviors that, by themselves, do not warrant diagnosis of an [[eating disorder]].

Disordered eating includes behaviors that are common features of eating disorders, such as:

* Chronic restrained eating.<ref name=NEDIC>{{cite web|title=Definitions|url=http://www.nedic.ca/know-facts/definitions|website=nedic.ca|access-date=31 August 2014}}</ref>
* Compulsive eating.<ref name=NEDIC />
* [[Binge eating]], with associated loss of control.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nedc.com.au/eating-disorders/eating-disorders-explained/types/binge-eating-disorder/|title=Binge eating disorder|website=www.nedc.com.au|date=17 August 2017 |access-date=2019-02-03}}</ref>
* [[Purging disorder|Self-induced vomiting]].<ref name=Ricciardelli>{{cite journal|last1=Ricciardelli|first1=Lina A.|last2=McCabe|first2=Marita P.|title=A Biopsychosocial Model of Disordered Eating and the Pursuit of Muscularity in Adolescent Boys.|journal=Psychological Bulletin|date=March 2004|volume=130|issue=2|pages=179–205|doi=10.1037/0033-2909.130.2.179|pmid=14979769}}</ref>

Disordered eating also includes behaviors that are not characteristic of a specific eating disorder, such as:

* Irregular, chaotic eating patterns.
* Ignoring physical feelings of hunger and satiety (fullness).<ref name=NEDIC />
* Use of diet pills.<ref name=Jones>{{cite journal|last1=Jones|first1=Jennifer M.|last2=Susan|first2=Bennett|last3=Olmsted|first3=Marion P.|last4=Lawson|first4=Margaret L.|last5=Rodin|first5=Gary|title=Disordered eating attitudes and behaviours in teenaged girls: a school-based study|journal=CMAJ|date=September 4, 2001|volume=165|issue=5|pages=547–552|url=http://www.cmaj.ca/content/165/5/547.full.pdf+html|access-date=31 August 2014|pmid=11563206|pmc=81412}}</ref>
* [[Emotional eating]].<ref name=Quick>{{cite journal|last1=Quick|first1=Virginia M.|last2=Byrd-Bredbenner|first2=Carol|last3=Neumark-Sztainer|first3=Dianne|title=Chronic Illness and Disordered Eating: A Discussion of the Literature|journal=Advances in Nutrition|date=May 2013|volume=4|issue=3|pages=277–286|url=http://advances.nutrition.org/content/4/3/277.full.pdf+html|access-date=31 August 2014|doi=10.3945/an.112.003608|pmid=23674793|pmc=3650496}}</ref>
* Night eating.<ref name=Quick />
* Secretive food concocting: the consumption of embarrassing food combinations, such as mashed potatoes mixed with [[sandwich cookie]]s.<ref name="Voelker 2016 123–129">{{Cite journal|last1=Voelker|first1=Dana K.|last2=Petrie|first2=Trent A.|last3=Neumann|first3=Craig S.|last4=Anderson|first4=Carlin M.|year=2016|title=Psychosocial Factors as Longitudinal Predictors of Bulimic Symptomatology Among Female Collegiate Athletes|journal=Psychology of Sport and Exercise|volume=26|pages=123–129|doi=10.1016/j.psychsport.2016.06.009}}</ref> See also [[Food craving#Pregnancy|Food craving § Pregnancy]] and [[Nocturnal sleep-related eating disorder#Symptoms and behaviors|Nocturnal sleep-related eating disorder § Symptoms and behaviors]].