Pica is an eating disorder in which patients deliberately eat substances not culturally defined as food, such as dirt, hair or paper. Although it's generally considered a minor condition compared to others, extreme cases have resulted in low body weight, various nutritional deficiencies and a multitude of dangerous health complications. For this reason, it's considered
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