Psychologist - Spoonful of Reason

11/03/2026

09/03/2026

The term orthorexia is about to celebrate its twentieth anniversary. Perhaps we would prefer to say "only" twenty years, since it seems like we have been dealing with this issue for an eternity. Orthorexia is like the strange cousin of eating disorders. In the case of anorexia or bulimia, the focus is mainly on weight and food quantity. In contrast, in the case of orthorexia, the focus is primarily on food quality and purity.

Orthorexia is not yet included in disease classifications, so you cannot be officially diagnosed with it. Nevertheless, specialists are already talking very specifically about orthorexia as a separate disorder, positioned alongside obsessive-compulsive disorder (often referred to simply as OCD) and Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID).


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02/03/2026

I'll start with a simple but important thought: if you want to help people who are overweight, criticism will not only be unhelpful, it will actually do more harm than good. If you really want to help, don't talk about weight at all. I'm sure everyone has enough knowledge and motivation. If you think that controlling weight is very easy, it is definitely not, and not delving into the reasons will not make you right. And if you still want to criticise, then it is not about helping, but about wanting to humiliate another person (usually to elevate yourself).


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