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Eating Disorders

Eating disorders are psychiatric conditions characterized by persistent disturbances in eating behavior and related thoughts and emotions that impair physical health and psychosocial functioning. Recognized forms include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, night eating syndrome, and the propose…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 6 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 29× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2379-7835 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Eating disorders are psychiatric conditions characterized by persistent disturbances in eating behavior and related thoughts and emotions that impair physical health and psychosocial functioning. Recognized forms include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, night eating syndrome, and the proposed construct of orthorexia nervosa, each marked by distinctive patterns of restriction, bingeing, compensatory behavior, or preoccupation with food and body. Their pathophysiology is multifactorial, involving genetic, neurobiological, psychological, and sociocultural determinants, and they carry substantial nutritional, metabolic, and medical consequences. In the nutrition and behavioral-health literature, eating disorders are studied through their clinical presentation, comorbid psychopathology, quality-of-life impact, and differentiation from organic disease. The peer-reviewed work in this area reflects these themes, including a misdiagnosed superior mesenteric artery syndrome presenting as suspected psychiatric illness, orthorexia nervosa and quality of life in young adults, night eating syndrome with and without binge eating behaviors, the longitudinal relationship between dysfunctional attitudes and eating-disorder symptoms in young people, and discussion of social media and unhealthy fixation with health. Methods span clinical case study, psychometric and observational research, and exploratory studies. This body of research treats eating disorders as serious, multidimensional conditions at the intersection of mental health and nutrition, requiring careful diagnosis and integrated behavioral and nutritional understanding.

Research published in this journal

6 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2020

Food Pyramid - The Principles of a Balanced Diet

BUTNARIU MonicaCorresponding author
Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine “King Michael I of Romania” from Timisoara, Timis, Romania
Exact topic International Journal of Nutrition Cited by 19 doi:10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-20-3199

How this research is being cited

The 6 articles above have been cited 29 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Eating Disorders, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in International Journal of Nutrition (ISSN 2379-7835).

Journal editorial board
Kadri Koppel · United States Alicja Kuban-Jankowska · Poland Luigia Pazzagli · Italy

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