orthorexia

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Whether or not you think orthorexia is a valid diagnosis (it's not yet in the DSM, but these things can lag), the article's stories of children paralyzed by fear of food will affect you.

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  • Whether or not you think orthorexia is a valid diagnosis (it's not yet in the DSM, but these things can lag), the article's stories of children paralyzed by fear of food will affect you. —  Kate Harding's Shapely Prose
  • Peck believes that the new eating disorder related term "orthorexia," coined by Steven Bratman, a Colorado MD, falls into the category of disordered eating. —  Stories from The Sun
  • However sometimes people with anorexia and / or "orthorexia" also subscribe to a healthy diet such as the raw food diet. —  WordPress.com News
  • Coined by Colorado physician Dr. Steven Bratman, the term orthorexia applies to people who obsess over eating healthy food. —  Lead Stories from AOL
  • Otherwise known as "health food junkies," people with orthorexia are so concerned with maintaining a healthy diet free of fat, preservatives or sugar that they allow it to interfere with daily life. —  Lead Stories from AOL
 

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