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Some mental disorders are characterized by severe disturbances in eating behavior specific diagnoses, anorexia and bulimia nervosa. Anorexia nervosa are that the individual refuses to maintain a minimally normal body weight and is intensely afraid of gaining weight the term anorexia is a misnomer because loss of appetite is rare. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders Fourth Edition DSM- IV- TR.(pg. 583). Stated disorders of feeding and eating that are usually first diagnosed in infancy or early childhood (i.e., Pica, Rumination Disorder, and Feeding Disorder of infancy or Early Childhood) are included in the section "Feeding and Eating Disorders of Infancy or Early Childhood" (pg. 103). People with eating disorders fear gaining weight or becoming