Specialist help for anorexia and bulimia with hypnotherapy and counselling

Eating disorders are considered to be both mental and physical illnesses. These are categorised by having unhealthy relationships with food and severe disturbances in eating behaviour. The term eating disorder could refer to anorexia, nervosa, bulimia or body dysmorphia. Those with eating disorders are very likely to have one or more co-occurring conditions. A recent study showed that 71% of people diagnosed with eating disorders had also been diagnosed with a mood disorder or anxiety. An astounding 1.25 million people in the UK have been diagnosed with suffering from an eating disorder, and in the US, it is thought that 30 million people are struggling to live with an eating disorder (approximately 20 million women and 10 million men). 

When questioned, young adults revealed that dieting when young was the most important predictor of going on to develop an eating disorder. In fact, they were five times more likely to develop an eating disorder if they had dieted moderately as teenagers and young adults. Those who followed more extreme dieting restrictions were a staggering 18 times more likely to go on to develop an eating disorder than those who had never dieted.