Orthorexia nervosa: An integrative literature review of a lifestyle syndrome

Bratman first proposed orthorexia nervosa in the late 1990s, defining it an obsession with eating healthy food to achieve, for instance, improved health. Today, in the Swedish media, excessive exercising plays a central role in relation to orthorexia. A few review articles on orthorexia have been co...

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Main Authors: Linn Håman, Natalie Barker-Ruchti, Göran Patriksson, Eva-Carin Lindgren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2015-08-01
Series:International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health & Well-Being
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Online Access:http://www.ijqhw.net/index.php/qhw/article/view/26799/41598