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 …

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 …

Aim To review the literature on the prevalence, risk groups and risk factors of the alleged
eating disorder orthorexia nervosa. Methods We searched Medline and Pubmed using …

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 …

OBJECTIVE: Orthorexia, from the Greek words orthos (straight, proper) and orexis (appetite),
is a newly conceptualized disorder characterized by distorted eating habits and cognitions …

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 …

Significant prevalence rates of pathological healthful eating and its extreme form, orthorexia
nervosa (ON), the pathological obsession with healthy eating, have led to increased efforts …

Aims. To investigate frequency and characteristics of orthorexic behaviours in a large
university population. Methods. A total of 2826 individuals volunteered to complete an on …

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 …

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 …