Oct 11
this is a bit weird
I woke up at 6:06 and tried to stay in bed, just relaxing since I wasn’t anywhere near rested enough. During my ruminations, I somehow started thinking about kids eating paint and couldn’t for the life of me remember the name of the medical condition that compels them to eat paint (and dirt and other things).
The need to look this up is what pulled me out of bed.
The answer is pica, from the Latin for magpie: “As many as 25% to 30% of kids have an eating disorder called pica, which is characterized by persistent and compulsive cravings (lasting 1 month or longer) to eat nonfood items.”
The more you know… before 7 a.m.
Geez.
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