Eating disorders, as defined by The Gale Encyclopedia of Science (2004), "are psychological conditions that involve either overeating, voluntary starvation, or both."





Reference
Ross-Flanigan, N. (2004). Eating Disorders. In K. L. Lerner & B. W. Lerner (Eds.), The Gale Encyclopedia of Science (3rd ed., Vol. 2, pp. 1328-1331). Detroit: Gale. Retrieved from http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CCX3418500760&v=2.1&u=uprcarolina&it=r&p=GPS&sw=w