Prevalence of orthorexia nervosa and its diagnostic tools—a literature review

A Niedzielski, N Kaźmierczak-Wojtaś - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The aim of this article is to present the up-to-date diagnostic tools of orthorexia and markers
of its prevalence on the basis of the available literature. The authors searched …

What is restrained eating and how do we identify it?

J Polivy, CP Herman, JS Mills - Appetite, 2020 - Elsevier
Defining and measuring such qualities as restrained eating or dieting may require more than
simply administering questionnaires and assuming that we are identifying the population …

A consensus document on definition and diagnostic criteria for orthorexia nervosa

LM Donini, JR Barrada, F Barthels, TM Dunn… - Eating and Weight …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose Since the term orthorexia nervosa (ON) was coined from the Greek (ὀρθός, right
and ὄρεξις, appetite) in 1997 to describe an obsession with “correct” eating, it has been …

Orthorexia nervosa and healthy orthorexia as new eating styles

F Barthels, JR Barrada, M Roncero - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
It was recently proposed that healthy orthorexia (HeOr) and orthorexia nervosa (OrNe)
should be differentiated. The aim of the present study was to analyze whether the two …

Considerations for health and food choice in adolescents

AN Daly, EJ O'Sullivan, JM Kearney - Proceedings of the Nutrition …, 2022 - cambridge.org
The aim of this review is to summarise the common barriers and motivations for healthy food
choice among adolescents, with a specific focus on the Irish context where available. It will …

What are the key features of orthorexia nervosa and influences on its development? A qualitative investigation

A Cheshire, M Berry, A Fixsen - Appetite, 2020 - Elsevier
Orthorexia nervosa (ON)–a pathological obsession with healthy eating-is an emerging
eating disorder. The precise nature of ON and its causes remain unclear, yet few published …

Orthorexia and orthorexia nervosa: A comprehensive examination of prevalence, risk factors, diagnosis, and treatment

O Horovitz, M Argyrides - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
Orthorexia nervosa is an emerging and controversial eating disorder characterized by an
obsessive preoccupation with healthy eating and an extreme fixation on food purity. Despite …

Orthorexia nervosa is associated with positive body image and life satisfaction in Chinese elderly: Evidence for a positive psychology perspective

J He, Y Zhao, H Zhang, Z Lin - International Journal of Eating …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Obsessive attention to healthy eating might paradoxically lead to physical and
psychosocial impairments, a potential eating disorder termed orthorexia nervosa (ON). An …

Sex differences in orthorexic eating behaviors: A systematic review and meta-analytical integration

J Strahler - Nutrition, 2019 - Elsevier
Objectives Other than the ongoing debate about the epidemiologic and clinical relevance of
pathologically healthful eating, a phenomenon called orthorexia nervosa, there is not much …

The relationship between orthorexia nervosa, anxiety, and self-esteem: a cross-sectional study in Turkish faculty members

MN Yılmaz, C Dundar - BMC psychology, 2022 - Springer
Background Orthorexia nervosa (ON) may be a disorder on the spectrum of obsessive–
compulsive disorders, maybe a separate eating disorder, or it may be an eating disorder on …