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MeSH Heading: Feeding and Eating Disorders
Tree Number(s): C23.888.821.329; F03.400
Unique ID: D001068
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001068
Annotation: in children, use FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS OF CHILDHOOD if related to mental disorder
Scope Note: A group of disorders characterized by physiological and/or psychological disturbances in appetite or food intake.
Entry Term(s): Appetite Disorders; Eating Disorders; Eating and Feeding Disorders; Feeding Disorders
Public MeSH Note: 2016; see EATING AND FEEDING DISORDERS 1989-2015, see APPETITE DISORDERS 1963-1988
History Note: 2016 (1983)
Date Established: 1989/01/01
Date of Entry: 2024/08/09
Revision Date: 2024/07/25

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Feeding and Eating Disorders MeSH Descriptor Data 2025