A consensus document on definition and diagnostic criteria for orthorexia nervosa.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Since the term orthorexia nervosa (ON) was coined from the Greek (ὀρθός, right and ὄρεξις, appetite) in 1997 to describe an obsession with "correct" eating, it has been used worldwide without a consistent definition. Although multiple authors have proposed diagnostic criteria, and many theoretical papers have been published, no consensus definition of ON exists, empirical primary evidence is limited, and ON is not a standardized diagnosis. These gaps prevent research to identify risk and protective factors, pathophysiology, functional consequences, and evidence-based therapeutic treatments. The aims of the current study are to categorize the common observations and presentations of ON pathology among experts in the eating disorder field, propose tentative diagnostic criteri

SUBMITTER: Donini LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9803763 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature