Orthorexia nervosa (ON) is a condition described as a pathological obsession with healthy
eating. This paper will review the prevalence of ON and how ON is measured. The primary …

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 …

The aim of this article is to present the up-to-date diagnostic tools of orthorexia and markers
of its prevalence on the basis of the available literature. The authors searched …

Background and aims Numerous studies have provided evidence for orthorexia nervosa
(ON), an eating pattern characterized by an almost manic obsession for and fixation on …

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 …

Purpose Although research on vegetarianism is becoming more prevalent, to date, only a
few research has been conducted on relationship between vegetarian diet and orthorexia …

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 …

Background The number of individuals following a vegetarian diet has increased in the last
50 years. Although the causal connection between orthorexic behaviors and vegetarianism …

Objectives Other than the ongoing debate about the epidemiologic and clinical relevance of
pathologically healthful eating, a phenomenon called orthorexia nervosa, there is not much …

Purpose Meat avoidance has long been thought to be related to eating psychopathology;
however, research does not necessarily support this notion. Furthermore, commonly used …