Exploring scientific legitimacy of orthorexia nervosa: a newly emerging eating disorder

Chaki, Biswajit; Pal, Sangita; Bandyopadhyay, Amit

doi:10.4100/jhse.2013.84.14

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“…According to the authors of the original version of ORTO-15 [12], a score below 40 indicates ON tendency, whereas higher scores indicate adequate eating behaviors. There has been some discussion as to whether a cut-off of 40 is too high and a lower cut-off of 35 should be used [32][33][34]. Therefore, in our study, we used the cut-off of 35.…”

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Orthorexic Tendency and Eating Disorders Symptoms in Polish Students: Examining Differences in Eating Behaviors

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Jeżewska-Zychowicz

2020

Nutrients

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Orthorexia nervosa (ON) may precede, ensue, or coexist with eating disorders (ED) and also affect eating behaviors. The aim of this study was to explore the dietary patterns (DPs) and other eating habits of people showing ON tendency, ED symptoms, and both ON tendency and ED symptoms, as well as those not showing either. The data for the study were collected from a sample of 1120 Polish college students through a cross-sectional survey in 2017. The questionnaire used in the survey included the ORTO-15, the Eating Disorder Screen for Primary Care (ESP), and the Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ-6), and the students were also asked questions about their eating habits and special diets. A factor analysis was conducted to identify the following five DPs: “high-sugar products and refined products,” “meat and meat products,” “alcohol,” “high-fiber products and nuts,” and “dairy products and whole-meal bread.” Univariate logistic regression analyses were carried out to verify the associations between the variables. Students in the “ON and without ED” group were found to exhibit more healthy eating habits than the students in the “ED and without ON” group. The use of a special diet in the past and currently increased the risk of displaying ON tendency and ED symptoms. Students in the “ON and without ED” and “ON and ED” groups were characterized by less frequent consumption of high-sugar and refined products. Students who rarely consumed meat and related products were found to be less likely to display “ON and ED.” In conclusion, different eating habits shown by people with ON tendency and ED symptoms confirmed the difference between ON and ED. However, the simultaneous displaying of ON and ED leads to the overlapping of specificity of eating habits, which can make the diagnosis based only on the eating habits difficult. Thus, there is still a need for further research involving the use of more sensitive tools that can better identify ON tendency and ED symptoms, as well as DPs.

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Orthorexic Tendency and Eating Disorders Symptoms in Polish Students: Examining Differences in Eating Behaviors

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Jeżewska-Zychowicz

2020

Nutrients

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“…abrytek-matera@swps.edu.pl ON usually starts as a health concern followed by efforts to achieve optimum health through diet but it leads to significant damages up to malnutrition, impaired social life, and quality of life deterioration [10]. Diet becomes the main part of people's thoughts and concerns [2] leading to distress about eating with significant dietary restrictions and consequent loss of food enjoyment, co-occurrence of anxiety with the need of control over food intake [12], rigid/inflexible eating behaviors and ritual meal preparation [11,20] desiring to achieve self-esteem and self-realization through control of food intake [21]. Sometimes this may be associated with unintentional weight loss, apparently with no desire to lose weight rather subordinated to ideation about healthy food.…”

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“…The discussion on the relationship between diet and health is widespread and people respond strongly to warnings about dangers caused by unhealthy diets searching food and dietary behaviors promising health. Awareness about healthful eating has increased markedly in recent years [1] and has become one of the primary concerns of Western societies [2]. To maintain a healthy lifestyle, the World Health Organization [3] recommends eating lots of fruit and vegetables, reducing fats, sugars and salt intake and exercising.…”

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Orthorexia nervosa: relationship with obsessive-compulsive symptoms, disordered eating patterns and body uneasiness among Italian university students

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“…Medyada her gün çevre kirliliği ve gıdaların sağlığı koruma üzerine etkileri, kanser sebepleri ve kanseri önlemeyle ilgili haberler yer almaktadır. Sağlıklı beslenme alışkanlığı patolojik bir durum değildir ancak sağlıklı besin tüketimi ile aşırı meşgul olma, besinleri hazırlarken çok fazla zaman geçirme, günlük hayatta bu durumdan dolayı işlevselliği yitirme davranış ve kişilikle ilgili bir hastalık olarak değerlendirilebilir [1,2].…”

Section: Sağlık Yüksekokulu öğRencilerinde Ortoreksiya Nervoza (Sağlıunclassified

“…Bu kişiler zamanla kendi gıda kurallarını geliştirmekte ve kendilerini özel bir diyet rejimi ile kısıtlamaktadırlar. Gıdaların hazırlanması, mutfak ve kullanılan araçlar da obsesif ritüelin parçalarını oluşturmaktadır [2]. Ayrıca besinlerin işlenmesi (besin içeriğinin pişirme sırısında kaybolması, yapay tatlandırıcı/koruyucu ilave edilmesi), paketlenmesi (gıdaların plastic türevi karsenojenik madde içerip içermediği, ürünlerin içeriğini daha fazla yargılayabilmek için yeterli bilgi verilip verilmediği) hakkında da çok fazla zaman harcamaktadırlar [7].…”

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The risk of orthorexia nervosa (healthy eating obsession) symptoms for health high school students' and affecting factors

Duran¹

2016

Pau Med J

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ÖzetAmaç: Bu çalışma Sağlık Yüksekokulu öğrencilerinin ortoreksiya nervoza belirtileri ile yeme tutum ve davranışlarının değerlendirilmesi amacıyla tanımlayıcı olarak yapılmıştır. Gereç ve yöntem: Araştırmanın örneklemini, 01.11.2014 -26.02.2015 tarihleri arasında, Balıkesir Üniversitesi Sağlık Yüksekokulu'nda öğrenim gören ve çalışmaya katılmayı kabul eden 505 öğrenci oluşturmuştur. Araştırma verileri, kişisel bilgi formu, Yeme Tutum Testi40, Orto-11 Ölçeği ve Maudsley Obsesif Kompulsif Soru Listesi (MOKSL) kullanılarak toplanmıştır. Elde edilen veriler yüzdelik, ortalama, Spearmen korelasyon analizleri ile değerlendirilmiştir. Bulgular:Çalışmada öğrencilerin yeme bozuklukları puan ortalaması 18.43±10.56, ortorektik belirti puan ortalaması 26.95±5.11 genel OKB belirti puan ortalaması 14.7±6.2 olarak saptanmıştır. Kilo alma/verme için herhangi bir yöntem uygulayan bireylerin yeme tutum testi (p=.027) ve ortoreksiya testi puan ortalamaları(p=.001) kilo alma/verme için herhangi bir yöntem uygulamayanlara göre daha yüksektir. Ayrıca kilo alma/verme için herhangi bir yöntem uygulayan bireylerin obsesyon puanları da kilo alma/verme için herhangi bir yöntem uygulamayanlara göre istatiksel açıdan anlamlı bir şekilde daha yüksek çıkmıştır (p=.000). Öğrencilerin yeme tutumunda bozulma arttıkça ortorektik belirti düzeyinde de bir artış olacağı saptanmıştır (r = -.238, p=0.000). Öğrencilerin YTT-40 puanları ile OKB puanları (r =.241, p=0.000) arasında pozitif yönde ve anlamlı düzeyde bir ilişki bulunmaktadır. Buna göre yeme bozukluğu tutumunda bozulma arttıkça obsesif belirti düzeyinde de bir artış olacağı söylenebilir. Sonuç: Yeme bozuklukları belirtileri arttıkça ortoreksiyaya ve Obsesif belirtilere olan eğilimlerde de artışlar görülmektedir. Ortoreksiya nervosa konusunda öğrencilerin bilinçlendirilmesi ve risk altında bulunan bireylerin destek alması gerektiği önerilmektedir. Pam Tıp Derg 2016;9(3):220-226Anahtar sözcükler: Ortoreksiya nervoza, yeme bozuklukları, üniversite öğrencileri. AbstractPurpose: This study was conducted in order to define Health Sciences students' orthorexia nervosa symptoms, eating attitudes, and eating behaviors according to various socio-demographic data as descriptive. . The obtained data percentage, average, are computerized percentage, average, was assessed with Spearman correlation analysis. Results: It is found that the average score of the students in the study for eating disorders is 18.43±10.56, for orthorexic symptom 26.95±5.11 and for overall OCD symptoms 14.7±6.2. Eating attitudes test's (p=.027) and orthorexia tests (p=.001) average scores of the individuals that implement any method to gain weight or lose weight are higher than those that do not implement any method to gain weight or lose weight In addition, statistically, obsession scores of the individuals that apply any method to gain weight or to lose weight are significantly higher than those that do not apply any method to gain weight or to lose weight (p=.000). As the deterioration in the students' eating attitudes increase...

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Exploring scientific legitimacy of orthorexia nervosa: a newly emerging eating disorder

Cited by 58 publications

References 19 publications

Orthorexic Tendency and Eating Disorders Symptoms in Polish Students: Examining Differences in Eating Behaviors

Orthorexic Tendency and Eating Disorders Symptoms in Polish Students: Examining Differences in Eating Behaviors

Orthorexia nervosa: relationship with obsessive-compulsive symptoms, disordered eating patterns and body uneasiness among Italian university students

The risk of orthorexia nervosa (healthy eating obsession) symptoms for health high school students' and affecting factors

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