Orthorexia vs. theories of healthy eating

When eating healthy is not healthy: orthorexia nervosa and its measurement with the ORTO-15 in Hungary

BACKGROUND For a better differential diagnosis of eating disorders, it is necessary to investigate their subtypes and develop specific assessment tools to measure their specific symptoms. Orthorexia nervosa is an alleged eating disorder in which the person is excessively preoccupied with healthy food. The ORTO-15, designed by Donini and colleagues, is the first and only at least partially valid...

Orthorexia nervosa – an eating disorder, obsessive- -compulsive disorder or disturbed eating habit?

The purpose of this article was to describe the phenomenon of a new disorder called orthorexia nervosa. This paper proposes a theoretical framework for the definitions, prevalence, diagnostic criteria, method and treatment of orthorexia. This disturbing behaviour concerns the pathologic obsession for healthy nutrition. In contrast to eating disorders, people with orthorexia are obsessed with fo...

Adolescents’ Perceptions of Healthy Eating and Communication about Healthy Eating

Orthorexia Nervosa: the Unhealthy Obssesion for Healthy Food

ORTHOREXIA NERVOSA: THE UNHEALTHY OBSESSION FOR HEALTHY FOOD (Abstract): The aim of this paper is to inform about a form of food extremism which has been named orthorexia (right feeding). Although orthorexia nervosa has the clinical criteria for being structured as a unique, distinctive disease, with physical, psychological and social consequences, it is not yet present in the recent psychiatri...

Eating disorders vs. non-disordered eating

Eating disorders are psychiatric illnesses involving frequent and severe atypical eating behaviors. They can be triggered by complex psychological turmoil, stemming from negative body image issues, life?s daily stressors, feelings of helplessness, problems with school or work, or relationship troubles. To cope with these stressors, individuals may restrict or increase their food intake to exhib...