Rashin cin abinci, wanda kuma ake kira cin cuta ko halin cin abinci (TCA), yana nuna damuwa mai tsanani a cikin halin cin abinci. Ana ɗaukar dabi'ar "mara kyau" saboda ya bambanta da ayyukan cin abinci na yau da kullun amma sama da duka saboda yana da mummunan sakamako akan lafiyar jiki da tunani na mutum. Ayyukan ACT suna shafar mata da yawa fiye da maza, kuma galibi suna farawa tun lokacin samartaka ko kuma farkon girma.

Mafi sanannun cututtukan cin abinci sune anorexia da bulimia, amma akwai wasu. Kamar kowace cuta ta tabin hankali, rashin cin abinci yana da wuyar ganewa da kuma rarraba shi. Sigar kwanan nan na Littafin Bincike da Ƙididdiga na Cutar Hauka, DSM-V, wanda aka buga a cikin 2014, yana ba da shawarar sake fasalin ma'anar da ma'aunin bincike na rashin cin abinci.

Misali, cin abinci mai yawa, wanda ke siffata ta tilasta cin abinci da bai dace ba, yanzu an gane shi azaman keɓaɓɓen mahalli.

A halin yanzu muna bambanta, bisa ga DSM-V:

• anorexia mai juyayi (nau'in ƙuntatawa ko hade da wuce gona da iri);
• bulimia nervosa;
• rashin cin abinci mai yawa;
• zaɓaɓɓen ciyarwa;
• pica (cin abubuwan da ba za a iya ci ba);
• merycism (abin mamaki na "rumination", wato regurgitation da remastication);
• sauran TCA, ƙayyadaddun ko a'a.

A Turai, ana kuma amfani da wani rarrabuwa, ICD-10. An rarraba TCA a cikin halayen halayen halayen:

• Anorexia nervosa;
• Atypical anorexia nervosa;
• Bulimia;
• Atypical bulimia;
• Cin abinci mai yawa da ke hade da sauran rikice-rikice na ilimin lissafi;
• Amai hade da sauran rudani na tunani;
• Sauran matsalolin cin abinci.

Rarraba DSM-V kasancewa na baya-bayan nan, za mu yi amfani da shi a cikin wannan takardar.