Această tulburare is not scientifically considered to be a disease. In our society, healthy eating is viewed positively, especially because of the explosion in the number of cases of obesity. However, in orthorexia, healthy eating is taken to the extreme and turns into an obsession. Orthorexia causes real suffering and impacts the daily lives of those affected.

Nu este no specific recommendations for the treatment of orthorexia. The treatment would be similar to that proposed to treat others tulburari de alimentatie (anorexia, bulimia). It would consist in setting up a multidisciplinary follow-up including various forms of intervention: complete medical evaluation, support, medical follow-up, psychotherapy and in certain cases medication.

Psihoterapie

La psihoterapie will aim in part to reinstate the notion of distracţie while eating. The interest of therapy is to manage to no longer be governed by his obsession with eating healthy and pure to regain control of himself by letting his desires speak without feeling guilty.

Tratarea tulburari de alimentatie (TCA) most often passes through a behavioral and cognitive therapy comparable to that used to reduce obsesiv-compulsive(TOC). This therapy aims to reduce anxiety related to food obsessions and to reduce compulsions (rituals of choosing and preparing food) caused by these obsessions. The sessions can consist of practical exercises, the person finding himself confronted with situations that he fears, relaxation or role plays.

Group therapy and family systemic therapy may be offered.

Medicament

Medication use will be restricted to ameliorarea simptomelor associated with orthorexia (obsessive-compulsive, depression, anxiety), not to intervene on the disorder itself.