Orthorexia nervosa: An integrative literature review of a lifestyle syndrome
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Orthorexia nervosa: An integrative literature review of a lifestyle syndrome
Bratman first proposed orthorexia nervosa in the late 1990s, defining it an obsession with eating healthy food to achieve, for instance, improved health. Today, in the Swedish media, excessive exercising plays a central role in relation to orthorexia. A few review articles on orthorexia have been conducted; however, these have not focused on aspects of food and eating, sport, exercise, or a soc...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1748-2631
DOI: 10.3402/qhw.v10.26799