That message should be coming from their orthorexia nervosa among children whose parents are restrictive about what they can eat.— Kate Harding's Shapely Prose
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
Orthorexia, or literally "correct eating" in Latin, is "just as dangerous as anorexia" according to Bratman's website, orthorexia. com.— Stories from The Sun
This drive for purity, according to orthorexia. com, leads to curbing food intake, emaciation and even death.— Stories from The Sun
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