You may not have heard of orthorexia, but you’ve probably seen it. It’s an eating disorder that’s characterized as an ...

Orthorexia refers to obsessive thoughts and behaviors regarding eating healthful or “clean” food. A person with orthorexia may follow a strict diet comprising only “clean” or “pure” foods, such as ...

Experts warn that the pressure to eat "clean" is fueling a new type of disordered eating. Learn the red flags of orthorexia and how to break free from the trap of food perfectionism.

Orthorexia nervosa is an eating disorder that causes people to become fixated on healthy eating. Orthorexia symptoms include obsessively checking nutrition labels and refusing to eat "bad" foods.

Before I came forward on my blog, The Balanced Blonde (formerly The Blonde Vegan), about my struggle with orthorexia, I had no idea the disorder was such a little-known phenomenon. I discovered ...

Orthorexia nervosa is an eating disorder that involves a fixation on healthy eating. A person with the disorder may focus so much on optimal nutrition that it impacts other aspects of their life.

Orthorexia is a term that describes an obsession with healthy eating. People with orthorexia may adopt strict diets, cut out entire food groups, and develop anxiety about diseases or food purity.

The growing obsession with healthy eating, fueled by social media, can lead to orthorexia, an eating disorder marked by excessive focus on food purity. Unlike other eating disorders, orthorexia ...

Eating healthy is important. Nourishing ourselves with fruits, veggies, and whole grains, instead of over-processed snacks and TV dinners, is usually recommended. But for some people, especially those ...

Jason Wood was sitting in a restaurant on vacation with his husband, angry and upset because he couldn’t swap pita for fresh vegetables in his hummus plate. The pain wasn’t overblown, Wood said. It ...

This umbrella review synthesised five meta-analyses to estimate the reported prevalence of orthorexia nervosa and examine its ...