Not all personal definitions of healthy eating are linked to orthorexic behaviors among French college women. A cluster analysis study

This study represents a first attempt to explore the typology of French female young adults based on personal definitions healthy eating and examine inter-group differences regarding their tendencies towards Orthorexia Nervosa (ON), disordered (ED) obsessive-compulsive (OC) behaviors. 362 (Mage = 23.43, SD 3.82) completed 40-item questionnaire assessing eating, Eating Habits Questionnaire, Eating-Disorders Inventory-3 Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory-Revised. Exploratory factor analysis yielded 6 factors for definitions: “Health benefits”, “Politico-ecological”, “Restriction”, “Pleasure”, “Socio-cultural” “Dietary avoidance”. Cluster these identified 3 distinct groups: “Self & Environment aware " (SEA), “Restrictive-Avoidant” (RA) “Sociable-Pleasure seeking” (SP). The SEA cluster emphasized “Politico-ecological” avoidance” while defining eating. RA highlighted “Restriction” SP mainly “Pleasure” factors. Compared all other clusters, displayed greater scores in ON ED behaviors compared cluster. No significant difference was found between clusters OC Findings from this suggest that can vary depending They further indicate related are largely different those offers considerable support possibility being condition