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According to Wikipedia (accessed Aug 18), orthorexia nervosa is a term coined by Steven Bratman, a Colorado MD, to denote an eating disorder characterized by an unhealthy obsession (as in obsessive-compulsive disorder) with what the sufferer considers to be healthy eating.
Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » When Healthy Eating Becomes an Obsession
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Anorexia nervosa is a disorder with a grim reputation -- even experts say that it is often devastatingly chronic and carries high mortality rates.
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Ph.D., and Jörn von Wietersheim, Ph.D. Animal studies assessing mechanisms of self-starvation under conditions of stress and diet suggest a pivotal role for the mesolimbic reward system in the maintenance of core symptoms in anorexia nervosa, which is corroborated by initial empirical evidence in human studies.
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Referred to as “pro-ana “, this is the “rejection of the idea that anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder.”
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About two-thirds were affected by anorexia nervosa.
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Are they taking laxatives or exhibiting other symptoms of anorexia nervosa?
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Patients with anorexia nervosa, a sometimes deadly disorder, often refuse to eat because of a fear of gaining weight and develop abnormally low body weight as a result.
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Researchers scanned the retinas of 13 Greek women with anorexia nervosa — the psychiatric disorder typified by severe weight loss and an intense fear of weight gain — and 20 otherwise similar women.
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Title: Anatomical and functional impairment of the retina and optic nerve in patients with anorexia nervosa without vision loss
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I have a friend whose son has become so fixated on what foods he thinks he should or should not be eating that he could be a textbook case of "orthorexia nervosa," a supposed eating disorder characterized by an unhealthy obsession with healthy eating.
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