The urge to consume non-food items like chalk and paper strikes millions of people worldwide, creating intense daily cravings that can feel impossible to resist. These seemingly bizarre desires aren’t ...

Young children are naturally curious about their environment, it is quite common for them to experiment occasionally with eating items such as those you describe. However there is an eating disorder ...

You may have seen someone chewing chalk, eating clay, or even craving ash, and wondered why they'd engage in such behaviour. While these actions may seem strange or unsettling, for some individuals, ...

Doctors explain pica, the urge to eat chalk, clay, ice or excessive spices, and why it is often linked to iron deficiency, ...

Re: “El Paso death toll rises; Trump condemns racism,” (Front page, Aug. 6:) In German, the term “kreide fressen,” eating chalk, is still an idiom for an insincere attempt to make nice. This is ...

Hi Ilona, I wonder if you can help me. A three-year-old child at my playgroup eats chalk, plasticine, playdough, poster paint, glue and sand. Is this some kind of eating disorder or perhaps a ...