“If it’s not Iron it’s Iron f*cking biggest Ironman”: personal trainers’ views on health norms, orthorexia and deviant behaviours
Orthorexia nervosa (ON) describes a pathological obsession with healthy eating to avoid ill health. In the Swedish context, ON is also understood in terms of unhealthy exercise. Fitness gyms are popular health-promoting places, but exercise-related problems, disordered eating and ON-like behaviour a...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2017-12-01
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Series: | International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health & Well-Being |
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2017.1364602 |