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Explanations of the reasons for the occurrence of eating disorders

Being afraid of obesity people tend to follow fashionable diets with food which contains little calorie (500-1000 calories daily) and this eating habit can lead to eating disorders. Individuals who have not self-esteem and self-confidence, and experience continuous frustration in their every day life their eating disorders symbolise self-control (Bíró, 2010).

Eating disorders belong to the psycho-somatic diseases which mean that there is a strong relation with body and mind. Lately these disorders have been approached by complex psycho-somatic models (Túry, 2001).

The multi-dimension of bio-psychic-social approaches emphasizes that genetic-biological, family-psychological and social-cultural factors contribute to the onset of eating disorders in other words they are caused by a complex combination of factors.

Besides these factors there are also predisposing, driving and maintenance ones (Németh, 2011).