ReviewAdvances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.)2020
Perspective: Classifying Orthorexia Nervosa as a New Mental Illness-Much Discussion, Little Evidence.
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- Understanding Orthorexia Nervosa: A Systematic Review of Meta-analytical Findings.Current nutrition reports · 2025Pooled it
- Psychological and motivational correlates of orthorexia nervosa: the role of perfectionism, emotion regulation, and health attitudes.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2026Article
- Exploring the Association Between Internet Use and Dietary Habits of Adolescents and University Students in Greece: A Pilot Study.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Orthorexia nervosa and exercise addiction: distinct entities beyond restrictive and muscularity-oriented disordered eating behaviours?Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric validation of the Spanish version of the Orthorexia Nervosa Inventory (ONI-ES).Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Orthorexia Nervosa and Its Associations with Novel Foods and Body Image Concerns.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Orthorexia nervosa: Healthy habit or pathology? Experiences and expansion of the consciousness of the correct diet.Heliyon · 2025Article
- A psychometric examination of the cognitive flexibility scale and its association with Orthorexia Nervosa.BMC psychology · 2024Article
- THE PREVALENCE OF ORTHOREXIA NERVOSA AMONG GYM PARTICIPANTS FROM CROATIA: AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY.Acta clinica Croatica · 2024Observational
- Excessive health behaviors in sports: links of orthorexia nervosa and exercise addiction with well-being, exercise activity in sports categories, and gender effects.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- The prevalence of orthorexia in exercising populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of eating disorders · 2023Review
- Orthorexia nervosa is a concern in gastroenterology: A scoping review.Neurogastroenterology and motility · 2022Article
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- Orthorexia nervosa vs. healthy orthorexia: relationships with disordered eating, eating behavior, and healthy lifestyle choices.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2022Article
- Orthorexia nervosa and Instagram: exploring the Russian-speaking conversation around #opтopeкcия.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2022Article
- Orthorexia Nervosa in Adolescents and Young Adults: A Literature Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Psychological Correlates of Excessive Healthy and Orthorexic Eating: Emotion Regulation, Attachment, and Anxious-Depressive-Stress Symptomatology.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
- Association between impulsivity and orthorexia nervosa / healthy orthorexia: any mediating effect of depression, anxiety, and stress?BMC psychiatry · 2021Article
- Orthorexic tendencies in the general population: association with demographic data, psychiatric symptoms, and utilization of mental health services.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2021Article
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Abstract
Significant prevalence rates of pathological healthful eating and its extreme form, orthorexia nervosa (ON), the pathological obsession with healthy eating, have led to increased efforts to understand this phenomenon's clinical relevance. This narrative review qualitatively summarizes existing evidence on the (psycho-)pathology and consequences of ON and offers an interpretation within the frame of existing theories and models of psychiatric disease. Adding to the controversy in the field of ON, this review offers important critiques and identifies gaps in our current understanding of ON as a (distinct) mental illness.
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