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An eating disorder is a mental disorder defined by abnormal eating behaviors that negatively affect a person's physical or mental health. Types of eating disorders include eating binge disorder, in which the affected person eats a large amount over a short period of time; anorexia nervosa, in which the affected person has an intense fear of gaining weight and restricts food or excessive effort to manage this fear; bulimia nervosa, in which the affected person eats a lot (binge eating) and then tries to get rid of the food (purging); pica, where the affected person eats non-food products; rumination syndrome, where the affected person regurgitates undigested or minimally digested food; avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID), where people have a reduced or selective food intake due to psychological reasons (see below); and a group of other specified eating or nutrition disorders. Anxiety disorders, depression and substance abuse are common in people with eating disorders. These disorders do not include obesity.

The causes of eating disorders are not clear, although both biological and environmental factors appear to play a role. Cultural idealization of thinness is believed to contribute to some eating disorders. Individuals who have experienced sexual abuse are also more likely to develop eating disorders. Some disorders such as pica and rumination disorder are more common in people with intellectual disabilities. Only one eating disorder can be diagnosed at a time.

Treatment BeterKlinic

BeterKliniek is the clinic for Integrative Medicine that bridges regular and non-regular medicine.

An van Veen (physician) and Michael van Gils (therapist) look for the cause of a condition or disease. That is where the treatment starts otherwise, as people often say, it is 'carrying water to the sea'. We call this cause medicine. Sometimes it is also desirable to treat the symptoms (at the same time). We call this symptom medicine.

Chronic disorders often have their cause in epi- genetics. You can schedule a free informative telephone consultation (phone number 040-7117337 until 1 p.m.) at BeterKliniek to discuss your symptoms so that we can provide you with further advice.