ArticleEuropean journal of investigation in health, psychology and education2023
The Relationship between Orthorexia Nervosa and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
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- Idealized Body Images and Fitness Lifestyles on Social Media: A Systematic Review Exploring the Link Between Social Media Use and Symptoms of Orthorexia Nervosa and Muscle Dysmorphia.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2026Pooled it
- Psychological and motivational correlates of orthorexia nervosa: the role of perfectionism, emotion regulation, and health attitudes.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2026Article
- Pathological Eating Patterns in Adults Displaying Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms: A Scoping Review.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2026Article
- Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric validation of the Turkish Düsseldorf Orthorexia Scale in adolescents.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2026Article
- Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Orthorexia Beliefs Scale.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Orthorexia Nervosa and Its Associations with Novel Foods and Body Image Concerns.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Assessing Orthorexia Nervosa Among University Students: An Observational Study Analyzing Prevalence and Psychological Characteristics.Nutrients · 2025Observational
- Orthorexia in obsessive-compulsive personality disorder: the impact of perfectionism and metacognition.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- 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
- Relationship between disgust and orthorexia nervosa and psychometric properties of the Italian Dusseldorf orthorexia scale in a general population sample.Journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
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Abstract
Orthorexia nervosa (ON) is characterized by an intense avoidance of foods considered unhealthy, obsession with healthy eating behaviors, and pathological fixation on healthy foods. Although there are still debates in the literature about the psychological factors and symptoms of ON, it should be noted that many of the symptoms share common features with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between ON and OCD with its subtypes. In this framework, the cross-sectional study was conducted with an opportunistic sample of 587 participants (86% women and 14% men), with an average age of 29.32 (s.d. = 11.29; age range = 15-74). Our work showed that almost all OCD subtypes were largely correlated with ON. The lowest correlation was for "Checking" and the highest for "Obsession". Overall, the OCD subtypes (i.e., Indecisiveness, Just Right, Obsession, and Hoarding) were more strongly associated with ON measures, while subtypes Checking and Contamination, although positively associated, had lower correlation coefficients.
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