what is meant by term PICA.?

Answer 1

Parents In Community Action

Answer 2

You have not mentioned to which context you are referring. There are many:
PICA Picatinny Arsenal
PICA Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery
PICA Portland Institute for Contemporary Art
PICA Power Industry Computer Applications (Conference)
PICA Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts (British Columbia, Canada)
PICA Pacific Islanders' Cultural Association
PICA Picosecond Imaging Circuit Analysis
PICA Polymerization-Induced Colloid Aggregation
PICA Programa de Investigacion de Cultivos Andinos (Peru)
PICA Preliminary Inventory Control Activity
PICA Porch Index Communication Abilities
PICA Primary Inventory Control Activity/Agent
PICA Prime Interest/Coordinating/Action
PICA Procedures for Inventory Control Afloat
PICA Plum Island Community Airfield, Inc (Massachusetts, USA

Answer 3

Pica, or the practice of eating dirt or clay, is comparatively common. Many people feel that a clay bar (about twice the size of a candy bar) once a week can relieve irritability, constipation, mineral deficiencies and heart burn. There is some evidence that this might, in fact, be true.

Pica is Latin for "magpie", which is a bird known for its unusual tastes. It tends to carry off and eat extremely bizarre objects, considering everything from tinfoil to rubber bands to be tasty treats. Pica specifically refers to a compulsive craving for nonnutritive substances that persists for more than a month.


Also, a pica is a unit of measurement equalling 1/6 of an inch or 4.24 millimeters. A remnant of old-school typesetting, newspapers and magazine production rooms in the United States and United Kingdom still use picas as their unit of measurement.

Answer 4

Pica is an appetite for non-nutritive substances (e.g., coal, soil, chalk, paper etc.) or an abnormal appetite for some things that may be considered foods, such as food ingredients (e.g., flour, raw potato, starch).[1] In order for these actions to be considered pica, they must persist for more than one month, at an age where eating such objects is considered developmentally inappropriate. The condition's name comes from the Latin word for the magpie, a bird which is reputed to eat almost anything. Pica is seen in all ages, particularly in pregnant women and small children, especially among children who are developmentally disabled, where it is the most common eating disorder.

Pica in children, while common, can be dangerous. Children eating painted plaster containing lead may suffer brain damage from lead poisoning. There is a similar risk from eating dirt near roads that existed prior to the phaseout of tetra-ethyl lead in gasoline or prior to the cessation of the use of contaminated oil (either used, or containing toxic PCBs or dioxin) to settle dust. In addition to poisoning, there is also a much greater risk of gastro-intestinal obstruction or tearing in the stomach. This is also true in animals. Another risk of dirt eating is the possible ingestion of animal feces and the accompanying parasites

Answer 5

Pica is the persistent craving and compulsive eating of nonfood substances. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition, classifies it as a feeding and eating disorder of childhood

Answer 6

Pica is an appetite for non-nutritive substances (e.g., coal, soil, chalk, paper etc.) or an abnormal appetite for some things that may be considered foods, such as food ingredients (e.g., flour, raw potato, starch).