Both children and adults sometimes get the urge to eat unusual non-food items like chalk, soil or even paper. Dr Sehrawat explains why this happens.

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, ...

Eating chalk may seem like a harmless childhood habit, but for some, it signals an underlying health concern. Often linked to pica, an eating disorder involving cravings for non-food items, this ...