Eating Disorder
An eating disorder is a mental condition [5] that causes unhealthy eating habits, leading to malnutrition, starvation, and sometimes death. OCD patients sometimes feel the need only to eat foods that look a certain way; thereby, limiting the number of foods they will be able to eat. This symptom of OCD needs immediate attention to prevent it from advancing to life-threatening conditions due to a shortage of food and nutrients.
An OCD patient embarking on a weight loss journey may handle it differently from the regular person. They may obsess about the types of food, counting calories, and irrelevancies like the shapes and forms of these foods.