Eating disorders are real, complex conditions that have serious consequences for health, productivity and relationships. They affect 9% of the population and have the second highest mortality rate of all mental illnesses.

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA), includes the following types of eating disorders:

•Anorexia Nervosa

•Bulimia Nervosa

•Binge Eating Disorder

•Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)

•Other Specified Feeding and Eating Disorders