Pica is an eating disorder where an individual has a preference for eating items that have no perceived nutritional value to the human body. The disorder is most commonly exhibited by women and young ...

At any point in your life, did you find yourself eating something that you knew you shouldn’t consume? And I’m not talking about overindulging in your favorite foods. I’m talking about eating ...

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Pica is the compulsive eating of non-foods. Source: OlegMagni/Pexels While causes of all eating disorder (ED) types have been difficult to determine, one ED in particular, Pica, is especially ...

While pop culture and PSAs have succeeded in publicizing health issues like bulimia and binge eating, there are other eating disorders a parent should also be aware of. Pica is one example, according ...

A MOTHER has revealed that she has been battling “crazy” cravings for years - and it’s not due to being pregnant. Yaz Chapman, who is currently 36 weeks pregnant with a baby girl, has opened up on her ...

Doctors at a hospital in India found coins, iron nails, a long metal strip, iron spikes, quilting needles and other objects in the stomach and intestine of a man suffering from abdominal pain. The ...

Pica is the compulsive eating of non-foods. Source: OlegMagni/Pexels While causes of all eating disorder (ED) types have been difficult to determine, one ED in particular, Pica, is especially ...

Intensive behavioral intervention can be effective at eliminating pica, which is the repeated ingestion of inedible substances, researchers from report. A subset of children with developmental and ...

A 10-year-old Chinese boy with an eating disorder is on the mend after surgeons removed 12 nails from his stomach that he had swallowed. Asia Wire Report (AWR) reported that Xiao Wen is thought to ...