Orthorexia nervosa (ON) is a condition described as a pathological obsession with healthy
eating. This paper will review the prevalence of ON and how ON is measured. The primary …

Aim In some cases, detrimental consequences on health are generated by self-imposed
dietary rules intended to promote health. The pursuit of an “extreme dietary purity” due to an …

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 …

Background and aims Numerous studies have provided evidence for orthorexia nervosa
(ON), an eating pattern characterized by an almost manic obsession for and fixation on …

Recent research points to the bidimensional nature of orthorexia, with one dimension
related to interest in healthy eating (healthy orthorexia) and another dimension related to a …

Purpose To overcome the problems associated with existing measures of orthorexia, we
assessed the reliability and validity of a new measure: the Orthorexia Nervosa Inventory …

Purpose Although research on vegetarianism is becoming more prevalent, to date, only a
few research has been conducted on relationship between vegetarian diet and orthorexia …

Aim The aim of this literature review was to identify the tools developed and used to assess
orthorexia nervosa (ON). Methods A systematic search was executed in PubMed, Biomed …

Purpose Health sciences, and in particular Nutrition and Dietetics students, have been
shown to exhibit an increased prevalence of disordered eating. The aim of the present cross …

Background The number of individuals following a vegetarian diet has increased in the last
50 years. Although the causal connection between orthorexic behaviors and vegetarianism …