There has been a growing interest among clinicians and researchers about a condition
where people restrict their diet based not on quantity of food they consume, but based on its …

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 …

Purpose Orthorexia nervosa, or pathological dieting based on being “healthy,” has been of
growing interest. Clinical data are limited to less than a half-dozen case studies reporting …

The US physician Bratman's remarkable observation that some individuals were becoming
highly obsessive about healthy eating that drives them into pathology lead him to coin the …

Background To date, no previous meta-analysis has determined the overall proportion of
orthorexia nervosa symptoms on a global scale. The aim of the present study was 2-fold …

Orthorexia Nervosa (ON) is an eating disorder marked by an excessive control over the
quality of the food eaten. Some groups present a higher prevalence of ON and people …

Background Orthorexia nervosa (ON) is characterized by an excessive, obsessive concern
with healthy eating generating psychological complications and even malnutrition at a …

Purpose Orthorexia nervosa is a currently investigated eating disorder proposed by US
physician Steve Bratman, defined as pathological fixation on eating healthy food. This study …

Aims To explore the validity and recommend cut-off scores in an English-speaking sample
for 9, 11, and 15-item versions of the ORTO measure for orthorexia, a proposed eating …

In recent decades, orthorexia nervosa (ON) has increased presence in society. It is related
with beliefs and attitudes towards eating and is characterized by an obsessive behavior …