MeSH definition : An eating or feeding disturbance (e.g., apparent lack of interest in eating or food;
avoidance based on the sensory characteristics of food; concern about aversive consequences
of eating) as manifested by persistent failure to meet appropriate nutritional and/or
energy needs associated with one (or more) of the following: significant weight loss
(or failure to achieve expected weight gain or faltering growth in children); significant
nutritional deficiency; dependence on enteral feeding or oral nutritional supplements;
or marked interference with psychosocial functioning. (from DSM-V);
An eating or feeding disturbance (e.g., apparent lack of interest in eating or food;
avoidance based on the sensory characteristics of food; concern about aversive consequences
of eating) as manifested by persistent failure to meet appropriate nutritional and/or
energy needs associated with one (or more) of the following: significant weight loss
(or failure to achieve expected weight gain or faltering growth in children); significant
nutritional deficiency; dependence on enteral feeding or oral nutritional supplements;
or marked interference with psychosocial functioning. (from DSM-V)