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Why People Eat Chalk or Soil: The habit of eating things like chalk, soil or paper can be a sign of pica eating disorder. According to health experts, people start eating these things even when there is iron deficiency in the body. This problem can be controlled with timely testing and better diet. However, this problem should not be ignored.
According to experts, due to pica eating disorder, everyone from children to the elderly eat chalk or mud.
Reason for Craving Soil or Clay: Many times children start eating chalk, soil or paper. Children are innocent and do not understand these things. This is the reason why parents often ignore these habits of children. Sometimes even adults get addicted to eating these things. Often this is considered a bad habit, but according to health experts, a strong desire to eat these things can also be a sign of some internal health problem. Especially if this habit persists for a long time, it is important to take it seriously. If it is prevented in time, then there will be no harm to health.
Dr. Priyanka Sehrawat, a neurologist trained from AIIMS, New Delhi, has shared a video on Instagram, in which she has said that the desire to eat things like chalk, soil, paper or clay is an eating disorder. This is called Pica eating disorder. Many patients come to the clinic with the complaint that they have a strong craving to eat mud or chalk again and again. This is not just a strange habit, but can be a sign of some deficiency going on inside the body.
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