Learn about the types of eating disorders, what they're caused by and how to get diagnosed

Anorexia can cause individuals to limit how much they eat or drink.

Learn about treatment for anorexia in the UK

Bulimia involves a cycle of eating large quantities of food, and then trying to compensate for that overeating through various m

ARFID involves avoiding certain foods or types of food, having restricted intake in terms of overall amount eaten, or both.

Learn about Other specified feeding or eating disorder (OSFED)

BED involves eating very large quantities of food without feeling like they’re in control of what they’re doing.

Orthorexia is an unhealthy obsession with eating “pure” food. It's not currently recognised clinically as an eating disorder.

Rumination disorder involves repetitive, habitual bringing up of food that might be partly digested.

Pica involves someone eating non-food substances that have no nutritional value, such as paper, soap, paint, chalk, or ice.

Type 1 diabetes and disordered eating (T1DE) is the experience of having an eating disorder while living with type 1 diabetes.

If you are wondering whether you have an eating disorder, this may bring up lots of questions, thoughts, and feelings. It may a

It’s common to believe you can “see” an eating disorder. They are mental illnesses, and changes in appearance don’t always occur

Prevalence figures for eating disorders in the UK