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What Is an Eating Disorder?
Anorexia nervosa is characterized by severe restriction of caloric intake. It's often coupled with a distortion in body image for people who might see themselves as looking larger than they actually are. Binge eating disorder, which is the binge episodes, but without those compensating behaviors. Arfid could be similar characteristics or symptoms of anorexia, but not have any body image component.