Orthorexia

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Orthorexia

Obsessiveness about the quality of the food being ingested, ensuring that it is the most healthy, the most organic, etc.

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No references found			Orthorexia nervosa - another form of the disease in an individual that contains only healthy food, and is well chosen, including food, hygiene and natural ingredients, which in the end times suffer food obsession. Basic Forms of Eating Disorders by Semul Johnson / Food/cooking/nutrition community The condition is called orthorexia and sufferers become obsessed with what they eat, spending hours planning meals, keeping emergency supplies of "good" foods nearby, and avoiding meals out where they can't control exactly what they're eating. Are you a food and fitness FANATIC? Dear Miriam by The Mirror (London, England) First diagnosed by California doctor Steven Bratman in 1997, the condition, orthorexia nervosa, can lead to victims becoming malnourished as they reject food or drink perceived as "bad". Healthy eating junkies by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)			orthopedic shoes orthopedic surgery orthopedic traction orthopedics orthopedist orthopercussion orthophenylphenol orthophoria orthophorization orthophosphoric acid orthopnea orthopneic orthopneic position orthopod orthopoxvirus orthopraxis orthopraxy orthopsychiatry Orthoptera orthoptic orthoptic examination orthoptic training orthoptics orthoptist Orthoreovirus Orthorexia orthoroentgenography orthoscope orthoscopic orthoscopy orthosis orthostasis orthostatic orthostatic albuminuria orthostatic hypotension orthostatic intolerance orthostatic proteinuria orthostatism orthotic orthotics orthotist orthotoluidine orthotonos orthotonus orthotopic orthotopic liver transplantation orthotopic neobladder orthotopic transplantation orthotopic ureterocele orthotricresyl phosphate orthotropia			Orthopterans Orthopterans Orthopterists' Society Orthopterology orthopteron orthopterous orthopterous orthopterous orthopterous insect orthopters orthopters orthoptic orthoptic orthoptic orthoptic examination orthoptic training orthoptics orthoptics orthoptics orthoptist orthoptist orthoptists orthoptists Orthopyroxene Orthopyroxene orthoquartzite orthoquartzitic conglomerate orthoquartzitic sandstone Orthorectified Radar Image Orthoreovirus Orthorexia Orthorexia nervosa Orthorexia nervosa Orthorexic Orthorexic orthorexics orthorexics orthorhombic Orthorhombic crystal system Orthorhombic crystal system orthorhombic lattice Orthorhombic pyroxene Orthorhombic pyroxene Orthorhombic System orthoroentgenography Orthorrhapha Orthos Orthos Orthos Orthos orthoschist orthoscope orthoscope orthoscope orthoscopic orthoscopic Orthoscopic Eyepiece Orthoscopic Eyepiece Orthoscopic Eyepiece orthoscopic lens orthoscopic lens

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