Izinkinga zokudla, ezibizwa nangokuthi yokuphazamiseka kwemikhuba yokudla noma indlela yokudla (TCA), isho ukuphazamiseka okukhulu ekuziphatheni kokudla. Ukuziphatha kubhekwa “njengokungajwayelekile” ngoba kuhlukile emikhubeni evamile yokudla kodwa ngaphezu kwakho konke ngoba kunemiphumela engemihle empilweni engokomzimba nengqondo yomuntu ngamunye. I-ACT ithinta abesifazane abaningi kunabesilisa, futhi imvamisa iqala lapho umuntu esemusha noma esekhulile.

Izinkinga zokudla ezaziwa kakhulu i-anorexia ne-bulimia, kodwa zikhona ezinye. Njenganoma yikuphi ukuphazamiseka kwezempilo yengqondo, izinkinga zokudla kunzima ukuzibona nokuhlukanisa. Inguqulo yakamuva kakhulu ye-Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, I-DSM-V, eyanyatheliswa ngo-2014, iphakamisa ukubuyekezwa kwencazelo kanye nezindlela zokuxilonga zezinkinga zokudla.

Isibonelo, ukudla ngokweqile, okubonakala ngokuphoqelela ukudla ukudla okungalingani, manje sekubhekwa njengento ehlukile.

Njengamanje sihlukanisa, ngokusho kwe-DSM-V:

• i-anorexia yezinzwa (uhlobo oluvimbelayo noma oluhambisana nokudla ngokweqile);
• i-bulimia nervosa;
• ukuphazamiseka kokudla ngokweqile;
• ukudla okukhethiwe;
• pica (ukungenisa izinto ezingenakudliwa);
• i-merycism (isenzakalo esithi "rumination", okungukuthi ukuphindaphinda nokuphindaphinda);
• enye i-TCA, eshiwo noma cha.

EYurophu, kusetshenziswa esinye isigaba, i-ICD-10. I-TCA ihlukaniswa ngama-syndromes wokuziphatha:

• I-anorexia nervosa;
• I-Atypical anorexia nervosa;
• I-Bulimia;
• I-bulimia engavamile;
• Ukudla ngokweqile okuhambisana nokunye ukuphazamiseka komzimba;
• Ukuhlanza okuhambisana nokunye ukuphazamiseka kwengqondo;
• Ezinye izinkinga zokudla.

Ukuhlukaniswa kwe-DSM-V okwakamuva kakhulu, sizokusebenzisa kuleli shidi.