Orthorexia among patients with eating disorders, student dietitians and general population: a pilot study.
Anorexia nervosa
Bulimia nervosa
Dietitians
Eating disorders
Orthorexia
Journal
Eating and weight disorders : EWD
ISSN: 1590-1262
Titre abrégé: Eat Weight Disord
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 9707113
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Mar 2022
Mar 2022
Historique:
received:
03
12
2020
accepted:
26
03
2021
pubmed:
15
4
2021
medline:
23
3
2022
entrez:
14
4
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Orthorexia is a recent construct describing an unhealthy and extreme concern for healthy food. To date, its relationship with other eating disorders (EDs) remains unclear, and little is known about the development of this condition. Current literature suggests that a thorough knowledge about nutrition and alimentation, as in the case of experts in the field of dietetics, could foster the development of orthorexic tendencies. The aim of this study was to compare orthorexia between ED patients, student dietitians and general population. A total of 90 female participants (age: 18-29 years) were recruited: 30 ED patients, 30 student dietitians and 30 control subjects, matched for age and sex. Orthorexia, ED-specific and general psychopathology were evaluated using self-report questionnaires (ORTO-15, Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire and Symptom Checklist-90-Revised). Eating disorder patients had significantly higher orthorexic tendencies than other groups (p < 0.001), while student dietitians and general population showed no difference between each other (p = 0.96). Moreover, orthorexia positively correlated to ED psychopathology in ED patients (p = 0.004), but not in control groups. Our data do not confirm previous suggestions that experts in the field of dietetics may display a higher level of orthorexia. Level IV, cross-sectional observational study (case series).
Identifiants
pubmed: 33852153
doi: 10.1007/s40519-021-01184-7
pii: 10.1007/s40519-021-01184-7
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Observational Study
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
847-851Informations de copyright
© 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
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