Obesity is a serious health problem that threatens human health, limits life, brings with it co-morbidities and is increasing in today's population.
Where our psyche is stuck, we are faced with emotional eating. Usually, in such cases, we eat to get rid of the negative emotions created by unresolved problems, stressful and traumatic life events, even for a little bit.
Orthorexia, which has recently started to take place in the literature, is a state of obsession with healthy eating and an intense belief that disease will occur from "unhealthy" foods.
“I take any random food I can and pop it into my mouth, sometimes I don't even chew it. But as my stomach starts to hurt and my body temperature rises, I start to feel guilty and scared. I only stop eating when I feel really sick.”