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Eating Disorders
Definition: "Eating disorder" is when a person eats, or refuses to eat, in order to satisfy a psychic need and not a physical need. The person doesn't listen to bodily signals or perhaps is not even aware of them. A normal person eats when hungry and stops eating when the body doesn't need more, when he feels the signal of satisfaction.

Eating disorders are usually classified as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa or binge eating disorder in accordance with the symptoms. However, a person may have an eating disorder without belonging exactly to any of these categories.
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Something Fishy (Eating Disorder Information)
Eating Disorders Anonymous
Pale Reflections (Support Community)
Eating Disorder Support Group Directory
National Association of Anorexia Nervosa
National Eating Disorder Association
Angelfire (anorexia online support groups)
MentalHelp.net
National Eating Disorder Information Centre (Canada)
Bulimia Help
Eating Disorders Online
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