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Prevalence of orthorexia nervosa among ashtanga yoga practitioners: a pilot study
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Purpose Orthorexia nervosa (ON, i.e., fixation on righteous eating) is a poorly defined disordered eating behavior that results from a pathological obsession with food, its purported nutritional value, composition, origin, etc.Methods We investigated the prevalence of ON in a local ashtanga yoga community, by using a validated questionnaire (ORTO-15) that sets a threshold of ON diagnosis at ≤40.Results Among the 136 respondents, the mean ORTO-15 score (which was normally distributed) was 35.27 ± 3.69, i.e., 86 % of respondents had an ORTO-15 score lower than 40 and no significant association with age or BMI was recorded. When we analyzed the differential distribution of orthorexia in our cohort, we recorded an association of ORTO-15 score and vegetarianism, i.e., the ORTO-15 score was lower among vegetarians.Conclusions The results of this pilot study should suggest ashtanga yoga teachers to avoid excessive reference to a healthy diet, which is natural component of yoga practice.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Herranz Valera, J., Acuña Ruiz, P., Romero Valdespino, B., & Visioli, F.
- Affiliations
- Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies (ES)
- Corresponding author
- Visioli, Francesco
- ORCID
- Visioli, Francesco
- Venue
- Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity
- Published
- 2014-05-23
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 469-472
- ISSN
- 1124-4909 (ISSN-L)
- 1590-1262
- OpenAlex
- W2057548500
- Cited by
- 143
- References
- 18
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 15 · 2021: 25 · 2020: 17 · 2019: 19 · 2018: 18 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 5.51
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia Bulimia and Obesity (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Padua Research Archive (University of Padova) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Keywords
- orthorexia nervosa, Ashtanga Yoga, prevalence, ORTO-15, vegetarian diet, disordered eating, healthy eating, yoga teachers, body mass index
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Feeding and Eating Disorders, Feeding Behavior, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Pilot Projects, Surveys and Questionnaires, Diet, Vegetarian, Yoga, Body Mass Index, Prevalence, Young Adult
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