Background The present study was designed to investigate orthorexia nervosa, or the
phenomenon of being preoccupied with consuming healthy food. Specific aims were to …

Nutrition knowledge acquired in college students may not only help in promoting an
adequate diet, but also lead to excessive preoccupation with healthy eating, which is …

(1) Background: The literature regarding orthorexia nervosa (ON) has well documented the
association with other mental disorders, such as obsessive–compulsive and eating …

Body dissatisfaction is central to clinically diagnosed eating disorders (ED) and seems to be
important in causing other non-clinical disorders, including orthorexia nervosa (ON). It can …

Objectives: Orthorexia Nervosa is a new eating disorder and is known as an excessive
control of quality of the eaten foods. During postpartum period, related to the physiological …

BACKGROUND Orthorexia nervosa (ON) is the persistent concern of maintaining the self-
imposed diet to improve one's health. Many factors have been associated to ON in univ …

Introduction. Orthorexia nervosa is an obsessive-compulsive focus on a “healthy” diet, which
manifests as extreme concern about food content. This research was carried out in order to …

Aims Orthorexia nervosa (ON) has been recently defined as a pathological approach to
feeding related to healthiness concerns and purity of food and/or feeding habits. This …

Orthorexia nervosa is described as an exaggerated fixation on healthy food. It is unclear
whether students in health-oriented academic programs, highly focused on physical …

Objective Orthorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by a rigid preoccupation
with a perceived healthy diet. However, little is known about healthy orthorexia compared to …