ArticleBMC psychiatry2021
Orthorexia Nervosa: differences between clinical and non-clinical samples.
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- Orthorectic behavior among students and motivation for physical activity, dietary habits, and restrictive eating.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Perfectionism or Perfectionisms in Orthorexia Nervosa.Nutrients · 2023Article
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- Diet Quality and Level of Nutrition Knowledge among Young People with Orthorexic Tendencies.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Orthorexia nervosa and dieting in a non-clinical sample: a prospective study.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2022Article
- The role of dieting, psychopathological characteristics and maladaptive personality traits in Orthorexia Nervosa.BMC psychiatry · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundOrthorexia Nervosa (ON) is a construct characterized by behaviors, emotions, and beliefs on eating healthy food and excessive attention to diet; moreover, dieting has been considered a risk factor in ON symptoms development. The principal aim of this study was to investigate the differences in clinical and non-clinical groups most at risk of ON. Aspects that could be associated with ON (Eating Disorders [EDs], obsessive-compulsive symptomatology, perfectionistic traits, anxiety, depression, Body Mass Index [BMI]) were investigated in all groups.
methodsThe sample consisted of 329 adults belonging to four different groups. Three were on a diet: Anorexia/Bulimia Nervosa group (N = 90), Obesity/Binge Eating Disorder group (N = 54), Diet group (N = 91). The Control group consisted of people who were not following a diet (N = 94). Participants completed several self-administered questionnaires (EHQ-21, EDI-3, OCI-R, MPS, BAI, BDI-II) to assess ON-related features in different groups.
resultsAnalyses highlighted higher orthorexic tendencies in Anorexia/Bulimia Nervosa, Obesity/BED, and Diet groups than in the Control group. Moreover, results have shown that in the AN/BN group, eating disorders symptomatology and a lower BMI were related to ON and that in Obesity/Binge Eating Disorder and Diet groups, perfectionism traits are associated with ON.
conclusionIndividuals who pursue a diet share some similarities with those who have an eating disorder regarding emotions, behaviors, and problems associated with orthorexic tendencies. Moreover, perfectionistic traits seem to predispose to higher ON tendencies. In general, these results confirm the ON as an aspect of the main eating disorders category.
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