Are the Motives for Food Choices Different in Orthorexia Nervosa and Healthy Orthorexia?
Recent research points to the bidimensional nature of orthorexia, with one dimension related to interest in healthy eating (healthy orthorexia) and another dimension related to a pathological preoccupation with eating healthily (orthorexia nervosa). Research was needed to provide further support for...
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doaj-b8009a2fd5e34d0b9d495bdda683a0382020-11-24T21:52:15ZengMDPI AGNutrients2072-66432019-03-0111369710.3390/nu11030697nu11030697Are the Motives for Food Choices Different in Orthorexia Nervosa and Healthy Orthorexia?Julia Depa0Juan Ramón Barrada1María Roncero2Department of Nutritional, Food and Consumer Sciences, Fulda University of Applied Sciences, 36037 Fulda, GermanyDepartamento de Psicología y Sociología, Universidad de Zaragoza, 44003 Teruel, SpainDepartamento de Personalidad, Evaluación y Tratamientos Psicológicos, Universitat de València, 46010 Valencia, SpainRecent research points to the bidimensional nature of orthorexia, with one dimension related to interest in healthy eating (healthy orthorexia) and another dimension related to a pathological preoccupation with eating healthily (orthorexia nervosa). Research was needed to provide further support for this differentiation. We examined the food-choice motives related to both aspects of orthorexia. Participants were 460 students from a Spanish university who completed the Teruel Orthorexia Scale and the Food Choice Questionnaire. By means of structural equation modeling, we analyzed the relationship between orthorexia, food-choice motives, gender, body mass index, and age. The motives predicting food choices in orthorexia nervosa and healthy orthorexia were quite different. In the case of orthorexia nervosa, the main motive was weight control, with sensorial appeal and affect regulation also showing significant associations. For healthy orthorexia, the main motive was health content, with sensorial appeal and price also showing significant associations. This supports the hypothesis that orthorexia nervosa is associated with maladaptive eating behavior motived more by weight control than by health concerns.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/11/3/697orthorexia nervosahealthy orthorexiaeating disordersdisordered eatingfood choice motives |
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Are the Motives for Food Choices Different in Orthorexia Nervosa and Healthy Orthorexia? |
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Are the Motives for Food Choices Different in Orthorexia Nervosa and Healthy Orthorexia? |
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Recent research points to the bidimensional nature of orthorexia, with one dimension related to interest in healthy eating (healthy orthorexia) and another dimension related to a pathological preoccupation with eating healthily (orthorexia nervosa). Research was needed to provide further support for this differentiation. We examined the food-choice motives related to both aspects of orthorexia. Participants were 460 students from a Spanish university who completed the Teruel Orthorexia Scale and the Food Choice Questionnaire. By means of structural equation modeling, we analyzed the relationship between orthorexia, food-choice motives, gender, body mass index, and age. The motives predicting food choices in orthorexia nervosa and healthy orthorexia were quite different. In the case of orthorexia nervosa, the main motive was weight control, with sensorial appeal and affect regulation also showing significant associations. For healthy orthorexia, the main motive was health content, with sensorial appeal and price also showing significant associations. This supports the hypothesis that orthorexia nervosa is associated with maladaptive eating behavior motived more by weight control than by health concerns. |
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orthorexia nervosa healthy orthorexia eating disorders disordered eating food choice motives |
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