Abstract

Eating disorder is a survival intuition. It is one of the most agreeable behavior for most in all life stages. Eating food satisfies hunger and eating nutritious food promotes health. Food brings myriad images in mind. Crying of an infant stimulates the mother’s milk (IgA), aroma of food change directs the person towards food and sight of appealing food creates enticing want to eat. This indicates that eating behavior is governed by the brain. Though, it is largely prejudiced by many physical, physiological and psychological states of the body and other environmental factors. Convenience of food may be physical but hunger is an irrestible physiological need. Mood, self-body image and sensory appeal which govern the appetite may be psychological desires.