What is an Eating Disorder? A persistent disturbance of eating behaviour or behaviour intended to lose weight, which much impairs physical health or psychosocial functioning. This disturbance should not be secondary to any recognized general medical disorder (i.e. a hypothalamic tumour) or any other psychiatric disorder (i.e. an anxiety disorder). Fairburn and Walsh (2002) According … Continue reading Eating Disorders: Types, Symptoms and Causes