Excessive eating of non-nutritive substances is called-: (A) PICA, (B) Anorexia nervosa, (C) Prune belly disease, (D) Dyslexia
Answer is A. Pica involves repeated or chronic ingestion of non-nutritive substances, which includes plaster, charcoal, clay, woo: ashes, patent & earth, o More common associated with autism :
Family disorganisation
Poor supervision
Psychologic Neglect
Geophagia (eating of the earth) is associated with pregnancy and some culture.