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Health Tip: Possible Triggers for Pica
Causes cravings to eat things that aren't food
Mon Nov 02, 2009, 09:00
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(HealthDay News) -- Pica often affects children with developmental disorders, pregnant women and sometimes people with epilepsy. It's characterized by a craving to eat non-food substances, such as paint, plaster, chalk, cornstarch, dirt or cigarettes.
The Nemours Foundation mentions these possible triggers for pica:
- Being deficient in vitamins and minerals, such as iron or zinc.
- Dieting too strictly.
- Being malnourished.
- Lack of parental supervision.
- Having a developmental problem, such as autism or mental retardation.
- Having certain mental health conditions, such as schizophrenia or obsessive compulsive disorder.
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