Eating Disorder
Eating disorders are serious mental health conditions involving disturbed eating behaviors and distressing concerns about weight, shape, or food that affect health and daily life.
Definition
Eating disorders include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, and others. They involve unhealthy relationships with food, weight, and body image and can have serious physical consequences. Early recognition improves outcomes. The EAT-26 screens for eating-disorder risk; diagnosis requires clinical assessment.
What it can feel like
- Intense preoccupation with weight, shape, or food.
- Restricting, bingeing, or purging behaviors.
- Distorted body image.
- Eating patterns that cause distress or health problems.
Related screening tests on LuriaLab
- Тест Отношения к Приему Пищи (EAT-26)
Related glossary terms
Часто задаваемые вопросы
Are eating disorders about vanity?
No. Eating disorders are serious mental health conditions, not choices or vanity. They involve complex psychological and physical factors.
What EAT-26 score is concerning?
A score of 20 or higher is commonly used as a threshold suggesting elevated risk that warrants professional evaluation.
Sources
- Garner DM, et al. Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26)
- NICE — eating disorders guidance
Last reviewed: 2026-07-02. Screening tools on LuriaLab are for education only and do not provide a diagnosis.