Eating disorder and confession. Is there a correlation between the type of eating disorder and specific religious affiliation

Abstract At the Klinik am Korso in Bad Oeynhausen, a special center for eating disorders, 789 patients from the years 1989 and 1990 were subdivided according to their diagnosis and religious affiliation and analyzed. The most striking result was a higher incidence of anorectic abstainers among Protestants and of bulimia with vomiting among Roman Catholics. This was linked up with the more internalized drive control of the Protestants. Further investigations are encouraged to analyze the essence of this connection.