Rumination disorder, also known as rumination syndrome, is a rare and chronic condition. It affects infants, children, and adults. People with this disorder regurgitate food after most meals.

The phrase “chew the cud” means to further chew partly digested food — but many of us use it to mean something rather more abstract. The scientific word for this is rumination: A process of breaking ...

Rumination disorder, or rumination syndrome, is an eating disorder. It causes the repeated and unintentional regurgitation of food, usually during or just after eating. Experts still have much to ...

Rumination disorder, or rumination syndrome, is a condition in which someone regularly regurgitates their food after eating it. The food is re-chewed and then either re-swallowed or spat out. The core ...