Restricting-type anorexics dislike eating, and when their condition is severe may be unable to accept any food at all. Purging-type anorexics do not reject food, but feel deeply guilty after eating, using their fingers to induce vomiting and purge the food they have just consumed.
「限制型」患者不喜歡吃東西，病況嚴重時，甚至無法忍受任何食物入口；「清除型」則不排斥食物，卻會在進食後深感罪惡，再用手去挖嘔出來。