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All About Pica. Eating and desiring ice is directly tied to another behavioral symptom of iron deficiency, a strange appetite disorder called pica. Whenever it surfaces, pica fills you with the desire to ingest substances that normally aren't viewed as food. Paper, wood, and dirt are regularly gnawed on by sufferers.
Eating Ice. Eating ice (pagophagia) does seem to be more common in adults, while kids often have other compulsive eating behaviors, such as eating uncooked starch (amylophagia), dirt or clay (geophagia), or even paint chips. The general term for all of these types of compulsive eating of non-food substances is called pica.