"Eating Disorder" is the term used for a group of serious mental illnesses that lead individuals to compromise their physical and mental health due to a problematic relationship with weight, body image, eating and some foods. These disorders can sometimes be a threat to life itself.
A problematic relationship with food or body image may manifest itself in the form of binge eating, purging, restriction of food, motivated exercise and a host of other issues related to eating or body image. Disorders of an eating behavior may thus take various forms, including the following: