ArticleEating and weight disorders : EWD2021
The experience of orthorexia from the perspective of recovered orthorexics.
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- Beyond healthy eating: introducing ONI-Hu, the Hungarian version of the Orthorexia Nervosa Inventory.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2025Article
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- Healthy orthorexia vs. orthorexia nervosa: Italian validation of the Teruel Orthorexia Scale (TOS).Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2023Article
- "Your struggles are valid, you are worthy of help and you deserve to recover": narratives of recovery from orthorexia nervosa.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2023Article
- "In-between orthorexia" profile: the co-occurrence of pathological and healthy orthorexia among male and female non-clinical adolescents.Journal of eating disorders · 2022Article
- The role of eating disorders features, psychopathology, and defense mechanisms in the comprehension of orthorexic tendencies.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2022Article
- Orthorexia nervosa is a concern in gastroenterology: A scoping review.Neurogastroenterology and motility · 2022Article
- Perfectionistic self-presentation and orthorexia in exercisers.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
- 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
purposeOrthorexia is a proposed disorder that involves a pathological obsession with healthy eating. The condition has received much attention in popular media in recent years, but more empirical research is needed. Currently, orthorexia is an emerging construct with multiple proposed versions of diagnostic criteria, and there is confusion regarding the exact symptoms and pathology. This qualitative study aimed to explore the experiences of orthorexia from the perspective of recovered persons, as defined by Dunn and Bratman's 2016 criteria (Eat Behav 21:11-17, 2016).
methodsEight participants from around the world were interviewed via Skype. These interviews were analysed using a descriptive and interpretive thematic analysis (Elliott and Timulak. A handbook of research methods for clinical and health psychology. Oxford University Press, London, pp 147-159, 2005). Informed consent was obtained from all participants.
resultsData analysis revealed four domains: (1) strong external influences; (2) psychological effects; (3) interpersonal functioning effects; and (4) classic eating disorder (ED) behaviours and processes. Some symptoms mirrored those seen in EDs and in obsessive compulsive disorder.
conclusionsOrthorexia negatively impacted participants' physical, psychological, and social health. Additional research exploring valid and reliable screening instruments, body image, and psychological functioning would help to further understand this proposed disorder. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level V, qualitative interview study.
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