Pica is a feeding disorder in which people eat items that are not food, such as paper, soap, paint, chalk, and even metal ...

Pica Eating Disorder: young British boy has been diagnosed with a mental health condition known as pica—after he began eating strange household things like wallpaper and sponges and once even ...

A mom has shared 'heartbreaking' snaps of household objects her son has eaten- including screws, buckets and even photos of ...

A MUM has spoken of her heatbreak seeing her son eating his own nappies – as well as sponges, screws and wallpaper. Eileen ...

This behaviour falls under pica, a disorder characterised by the consumption of non-food items. Other forms of pica include geophagia, which involves eating soil, clay or sand, and amylophagia ...

Editor's note: This story discusses disordered eating. Eating disorders in children and teens can be hard for parents to understand. TODAY.com talked to experts to find out what parents and all ...