ArticleEating and weight disorders : EWD2021
Orthorexic eating behaviour, illness anxiety and dysfunctional cognitions characteristic of somatic symptom disorders in a non-clinical sample.
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- Prevalence and determinants of orthorexia nervosa among Turkish adolescents.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2025Article
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- 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
- Unveiling Anxiety Factors in Orthorexia Nervosa: A Qualitative Exploration of Fears and Coping Strategies.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- The various facets of orthorexic eating behavior: five case reports of individuals with supposed orthorexia nervosa.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- Validation of the Teruel Orthorexia Scale and relationship to health anxiety in a U.S. sample.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2022Article
- Functional gastrointestinal symptoms and increased risk for orthorexia nervosa.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2022Article
- The relationship between orthorexia nervosa, anxiety, and self-esteem: a cross-sectional study in Turkish faculty members.BMC psychology · 2022Article
- Psychological Correlates of Excessive Healthy and Orthorexic Eating: Emotion Regulation, Attachment, and Anxious-Depressive-Stress Symptomatology.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeTo analyse the relation of illness anxiety, dysfunctional cognitions characteristic of somatic symptom disorders and orthorexic eating behaviour in a non-clinical sample.
methodsN = 445 participants (n = 363 females) completed an online survey with the following questionnaires: the Düsseldorf Orthorexia Scale to measure orthorexic eating behaviour, the Attitudes Towards Body and Health Questionnaire to assess dysfunctional cognitions concerning the perception and interpretation of bodily sensations and the Multidimensional Inventory of Hypochondriacal Traits to measure illness anxiety.
resultsIn the total sample, orthorexic eating behaviour was associated with the aforementioned variables to a very low extent. However, individuals with high levels of orthorexic eating behaviour (n = 19) displayed significantly higher levels of health habits and of perceptions of autonomic sensations, as well as higher levels of hypochondriacal worry and absorption than individuals with low levels of orthorexic eating behaviour (n = 19).
conclusionsOrthorexic eating behaviour is associated to some characteristic features of illness anxiety and dysfunctional cognitions characteristic of somatic symptom disorders. Future studies should investigate whether illness anxiety serves as a risk factor for the development of orthorexic eating behaviour. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: III, case-control analytic study.
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