ArticleBMC psychiatry2019
Orthorexia nervosa, eating patterns and personality traits: a cross-cultural comparison of Italian, Polish and Spanish university students.
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- Instruments used to measure well-being, ill-being, and health-related lifestyle behaviors in students attending Italian universities: a systematic review.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- The prevalence and risk factors of screen-based disordered eating among university students: a global systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2022Pooled it
- Is dieting a double-edged sword? Orthorexia in celiac disease.BMC psychiatry · 2026Article
- Mediating role of negative beliefs about losing control on symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder and orthorexia nervosa among the general population.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Risk of eating disorders among university students and its association with dieting, weight control behavior and non-substance addictions.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Orthorexia Nervosa and Its Associations with Novel Foods and Body Image Concerns.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Nutritional knowledge, insulin resistance, and the risk of orthorexia nervosa: a comparative cross-sectional study among polish women.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- The relationship between healthy eating obsessions, clinical eating disorder, and health anxiety: the dark side of the pursuit of healthy eating.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Mediating effect of psychological distress and mindful eating behaviors between orthorexia nervosa and academic self-efficacy among Lebanese university female students.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Psychometric properties of Turkish Orthorexia Nervosa Inventory in a clinical adolescent sample.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2023Article
- The factors associated with orthorexia nervosa in type 2 diabetes and their effect on diabetes self-management scores.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2023Article
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- Overlap of orthorexia, eating attitude and psychological distress in some Italian and Spanish university students.World journal of psychiatry · 2022Article
- Anorexic Readiness Syndrome in Elite Female Acrobatic Gymnasts-International Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Orthorexia nervosa and dieting in a non-clinical sample: a prospective study.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2022Article
- Orthorexia nervosa: replication and validation of the ORTO questionnaires translated into Greek in a survey of 848 Greek individuals.Hormones (Athens, Greece) · 2022Article
- The role of dieting, psychopathological characteristics and maladaptive personality traits in Orthorexia Nervosa.BMC psychiatry · 2022Article
- Orthorexia and Eating Disorders in Adolescents and Young Adults: A Systematic Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Orthorexia Nervosa and its association with obsessive-compulsive disorder symptoms: initial cross-cultural comparison between Polish and Italian university students.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2022Article
- Lifestyle-Related Risk Factors of Orthorexia Can Differ among the Students of Distinct University Courses.Nutrients · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe amount of research about orthorexic attitudes and behaviours has increased in the last five years, but is still mainly based on descriptive and anecdotal data, yielding a variety of prevalence data and inconsistent results. The interplay between socio-cultural context and orthorexia has been poorly investigated and is still far from being understood.
methodMulticentre, cross-sectional study involving Italian (N = 216), Polish (N = 206) and Spanish (N = 242) university students, assessed through a protocol including informed consent, socio-demographic and anamnestic data sheet and self-administered questionnaires (ORTO-15, Eating Attitudes Test- 26 [EAT-26], Temperament and Character Inventory [TCI]).
resultsHigher prevalence of orthorexia (as described by the ORTO-15 cutoff) was found in Poland. Female gender, Body Mass Index (BMI), current Eating Disorder, dieting, EAT-26 score ≥ 20 and low/medium Persistence were associated with orthorexia in the whole sample. The cross-cultural comparison showed several differences among the three subgroups of students.
conclusionsThe associations found between orthorexic attitudes, self-reported current eating disorder, BMI and adherence to a dieting need to be supported by further research. The differences among students from the three countries seem to suggest a possible rolve for cultural elements in the construct of orthorexia.
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