Summary

Psychological, Social, and Physiological Factors Eating disorders are a growing concern in nursing that can affect individuals of all ages and backgrounds. Anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, pica, and rumination are all eating disorders…

Rumination Disorder

Learning Objectives By the end of this section, you will be able to: In a gastrointestinal context, rumination is when ingested food is repeatedly regurgitated, rechewed, or spat out (APA, 2023a). Rumination is derived from the Latin word ruminor, which translates as to chew over…

Pica

Learning Objectives By the end of this section, you will be able to: The eating disorder in which an individual repeatedly and compulsively consumes nonfood items that lack nutritional value is called pica (Stiegler, 2005). Items defined as nonfood are those that lack nutritional…

Binge-Eating Disorder

Learning Objectives By the end of this section, you will be able to: Repeated episodes of excessive eating in shorter amounts of time than most people would eat in that situation accompanied by significant lack of control of eating is…