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Having an eating disorder is not just about being very underweight and having anorexia nervosa or bingeing and purging in bulimia nervosa. Nor is it only women who get eating disorder – men have eating disorders too, and there’s no doubt that they’re on the rise. Recent years have seen the rise of ‘clean eating’, where foods are seen as ‘good’ or evil’. Unfortunately, many experienced psychiatrists such as Dr Max Pemberton are clear that clean eating is “simply an eating disorder by another name and in the unit I work in, it’s an epidemic."

We would urge anyone who is struggling with any aspect of their eating to read our information and seek help from a charity such as the eating disorder charity Beat or from their doctor.

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Other eating disorder support groups:

ABC is a national UK eating disorders organisation

National Centre for Eating Disorders

NHS Find eating disorder support services

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If users wish to post a link to this discussion as a reply to other users who may need support the link to copy and paste is: https://patient.info/forums/discuss/eating-disorders-support-722417

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