Eating Disorders Eating disorders are the diseases caused repayable to the defective eating behavior of an individual. galore people suffer from such eating disorders. They indulge in eating more and more food, which is considered abnormal. A normal person cannot have the amount of food, a person troubled from an eating disorder can have. Such abnormal patterns of food are not a result of increased hunger. Person having eating disorders have opposite problems. These problems are related to their lifestyle. Eating disorders are a sign of a problematic time in a person's life. People eat much food to suppress extreme emotions and depression.