ArticleQualitative health research2020
The Social Construction of a Concept-Orthorexia Nervosa: Morality Narratives and Psycho-Politics.
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- Moralised Eating and Identity Work in Digital Wellness Culture: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Orthorexia-Related Narratives.Culture, medicine and psychiatry · 2026Article
- Constructing Moral Selves Through Food: A Qualitative Study of Orthorexic Eating Practices in the UK.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Individual and contextual factors associated with orthorexia nervosa tendency during pregnancy.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Physical Activity Enjoyment and Orthorexic Eating Behaviours in Turkish Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- 'You Are Not Alone, We've Got You': Power Plays, Devotion, and Punishment on Healthy Eating and Pro-Eating Disorder Websites.Qualitative health research · 2024Article
- Unveiling Anxiety Factors in Orthorexia Nervosa: A Qualitative Exploration of Fears and Coping Strategies.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- What do Italian healthcare professionals think about orthorexia nervosa? Results from a multicenter survey.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2022Article
- Misinformation, thin-ideal internalization, and resistance to treatment: an interpretive phenomenological analysis of the experience of orthorexia nervosa.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2021Article
- Harvesting Health Knowledge: Breast Cancer Perceptions in the South Florida Latinx Farmworker Community.Qualitative health research · 2021Article
- Using Behavioural Reasoning Theory to Explore Reasons for Dietary Restriction: A Qualitative Study of Orthorexic Behavioural Tendencies in the UK.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Our article explores orthorexia nervosa (ON)-an extreme fixation with healthy eating-from a social construction perspective. Interviews with people self-identified as "obsessed" with healthy eating or having ON ("Identifiers") and nonmedical professionals working with ON ("Professionals") were comparatively analyzed, along with orthorexia threads from an eating disorder website ("Posters"). Participants made sense of and rationalized their attitudes and feelings concerning healthy eating and aligned themselves according to their interests. Identifiers and Posters applauded "healthy eating" and regarded consumption of "impure" foods as leading to ill-health. Some framed their dietary discipline within an ethically motivated lifestyle, while others were preoccupied with appearance or weight management. Professionals expressed concern for, and disapproval of, extreme views and behaviors in clients and parental and social influences supporting them. Debates surrounding orthorexic practices are tangled; some individuals need help, yet dangers lie in over medicalizing or "troubling" what may be a preferred lifestyle.
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