ArticleInternational journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being2017
"If it's not Iron it's Iron f*cking biggest Ironman": personal trainers's views on health norms, orthorexia and deviant behaviours.
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- Exercise dependence and orthorexia nervosa in Crossfit: exploring the role of perfectionism.Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) · 2022Article
- Are orthorexia nervosa symptoms associated with deficits in inhibitory control?Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2021Article
- Personal trainers' health advice in the fitness gym space from a gender perspective.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2020Article
- Traits of orthorexia nervosa and muscle dysmorphia in Italian university students: a multicentre study.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2020Article
- The Social Construction of a Concept-Orthorexia Nervosa: Morality Narratives and Psycho-Politics.Qualitative health research · 2020Article
- Body Figure Idealization and Body Appearance Pressure in Fitness Instructors.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
- Health beliefs, behaviors, and symptoms associated with orthorexia nervosa.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2019Article
- Definition and diagnostic criteria for orthorexia nervosa: a narrative review of the literature.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2019Review
- An unhealthy health behavior: analysis of orthorexic tendencies among Hungarian gym attendees.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2019Article
- Muscle Dysmorphia and its Associated Psychological Features in Three Groups of Recreational Athletes.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- Orthorexia symptoms correlate with perceived muscularity and body fat, not BMI.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2018Article
- Orthorexic eating behaviors related to exercise addiction and internal motivations in a sample of university students.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2018Article
- Perspectives on power relations in human health and well-being.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2017Article
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- Erratum issuedErratum.2017
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Abstract
Orthorexia nervosa (ON) describes a pathological obsession with healthy eating to avoid ill health. In the Swedish context, ON is also understood in terms of unhealthy exercise. Fitness gyms are popular health-promoting places, but exercise-related problems, disordered eating and ON-like behaviour are increasing. Personal trainers (PTs) play an important role in detecting unhealthy behaviours. The aim of the present study was to illuminate PTs' understandings of healthy and unhealthy exercise and eating behaviours in relation to orthorexia nervosa in a fitness gym context. Five focus groups with 14 PTs were conducted. These were analysed using interpretative qualitative content analysis and Becker's model "Kinds of Deviance." In contrast to PTs' health norms (practicing balanced behaviours and contributing to well-being), ON was expressed mainly in terms of exercise behaviour and as being excessive and in total control. The PTs maintain that extreme behaviours are legitimized by an aggressive exercise trend in society and that they fear to falsely accuse clients of being pathological. Certain sport contexts (bodybuilding, fitness competitions and elite sports) and specific groups (fitness professionals) contribute to complicating PTs' negotiations due to a competition, performance and/or profession norm, making it difficult to determine whether or not to intervene.
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