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On orthorexia nervosa: A review of the literature and proposed diagnostic criteria

Dunn, Thomas M., Bratman, Steven·2016·Eating Behaviors
DOI 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2015.12.006
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Abstract

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 quality. Bratman (1997) coined the term "orthorexia nervosa" to describe people whose extreme diets - intended for health reasons - are in fact leading to malnutrition and/or impairment of daily functioning. There has also recently been intense media interest in people whose highly restrictive "healthy" diet leads to disordered eating. Despite this condition being first described in the U.S., and receiving recent media interest here, orthorexia has largely gone unnoticed in the North American literature. This review article details the literature of orthorexia nervosa, describing its emergence as a condition first described by a physician in a yoga magazine, to its being discussed in the scientific literature. It also reviews prevalence studies and discusses marked shortcomings in the literature. Finally, diagnostic criteria are proposed, as are future directions for research.

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  1. Bratman, 1997, The health food eating disorder, Yoga Journal, 42
  2. de Souza, 2014, Risk behavior for orthorexia nervosa in nutrition students, Revista Chilena de Nutricion, 63, 200
  3. Kinzl, 2005, Orthorexia nervosa: Eine häufige Essstörung bei Diätassistentinnen?, Ernahrungs-Umschau, 11, 436
  4. Pfeffer, 2014, Poular food blogger - the Blonde Vegan - admits to eating disorder, People
  5. Reddy, 2014, When healthy eating calls for treatment, Wall Street Journal
  6. Schwartz, 2015, Striving for the perfect diet is making us sick, Popular Science, 286, 24

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Authors
Dunn, T. M., & Bratman, S.
Affiliations
  • University of Northern Colorado (US)
  • California Pacific Medical Center (US)
Corresponding author
Dunn, Thomas M.
ORCID
Venue
Eating Behaviors
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2016-04
Volume
21
Pages
11-17
ISSN
1471-0153 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.eatbeh.2015.12.006
OpenAlex
W2200303661
Cited by
635
References
56
Citations by year
2026: 57 · 2025: 66 · 2024: 56 · 2023: 70 · 2022: 93 · 2021: 82 · 2020: 73 · 2019: 53 · 2018: 43 · 2017: 30 · 2016: 11
FWCI
34.72
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Eating Behaviors (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
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, diagnostic criteria, restrictive dieting, malnutrition, disordered eating, prevalence, functional disability
MeSH terms
Diet, Healthy, Adult, Feeding and Eating Disorders, Cross-Sectional Studies, Diet, Feeding Behavior, Female, Humans, Male

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