Orthorexia nervosa (ON) is a condition described as a pathological obsession with healthy
eating. This paper will review the prevalence of ON and how ON is measured. The primary …

Aim In some cases, detrimental consequences on health are generated by self-imposed
dietary rules intended to promote health. The pursuit of an “extreme dietary purity” due to an …

Purpose Social media use is ever increasing amongst young adults and has previously
been shown to have negative effects on body image, depression, social comparison, and …

There has been a growing interest among clinicians and researchers about a condition
where people restrict their diet based not on quantity of food they consume, but based on its …

The aim of this article is to present the up-to-date diagnostic tools of orthorexia and markers
of its prevalence on the basis of the available literature. The authors searched …

Orthorexia nervosa describes a pathological obsession with proper nutrition that is
characterized by a restrictive diet, ritualized patterns of eating, and rigid avoidance of foods …

Abstract The 21-item Intuitive Eating Scale (IES; Tylka, 2006) measures individuals'
tendency to follow their physical hunger and satiety cues when determining when, what, and …

Purpose We investigated whether perfectionism, body image, attachment style, and self-
esteem are predictors of orthorexia nervosa. Methods A cohort of 220 participants completed …

Objective Numerous empirical studies and theoretical models posit that shame is a common
experience among individuals across the eating disorder spectrum. In this study we aim to …

This study investigated whether orthorexia nervosa (ON; characterized by an obsessive
fixation on eating healthy) may be predicted from the demographics variables of gender and …