Eating disorders are mental disorders that include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, other specified feeding or eating disorder and avoidant restrictive food disorder where people are preoccupied by their weight, appearance or by what they eat.  

 

Although it happens more often in adolescents and young adults, people of any age, gender, body type, race, ethnicity or socio-economic status can be affected.