Overlap of orthorexia, eating attitude and psychological distress in some Italian and Spanish university students.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Orthorexia nervosa (ON) is the persistent concern of maintaining the self-imposed diet to improve one's health. Many factors have been associated to ON in univ-ersity students.

Aim

To assess the prevalence of ON in Italian and Spanish university students in relation to eating attitude and psychological distress, and the possible overlaps between ON (evaluated with different scored questionnaires from the originally proposed ORTO-15), distress and risk of eating disorders.

Methods

This study was carried out on 160 students recruited at La Sapienza University of Rome and at the Catholic University of Murcia. Questionnaires were administered to evaluate ON (ORTO-15 and sub-scores), body concerns (Multidimensional Body-Self Relations Questionnaire, MBSRQ, and B

SUBMITTER: Aiello P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9641377 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature