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blunomore

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthorexia_nervosa

Orthorexia nervosa (a.k.a. Orthorexia) is a term used by professionals within the medical community to describe people who have developed a fixation with healthy or righteous eating and is commonly referred to as a mental disorder. It is not yet a medically recognised term.

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Symptoms of orthorexia nervosa may include obsession with healthy eating, and emaciation among other things. Orthorexic subjects typically have specific feelings towards different types of food. They tend not to eat out as much because they do not trust the preparation of foods other than what they have prepared. The obsession for healthy foods could come from a number of sources such as family habits, society trends, economic problems, recent illness, or even just hearing something negative about a food type or group, which then leads them to ultimately eliminate the food or foods from their diet. According to the abstract of a 2004 study quoted on PubMed, a service of the National Institutes of Health, "The analysis of the physiological characteristics, the social-cultural and the psychological behaviour that characterises subjects suffering from ON shows a higher prevalence in men and in those with a lower level of education."
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CDO... Like OCD but the letters are in the right order, as they should be.
 
Ninja'd said:
New term old disorder. OCD with food.
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+1

I think anyone who worries too much about what they eat has a problem.

Its fine to be a veggie or a vegan or Kosher or whatever but as long as you don't make your entire life revolve around it.
 
It's a disease to not wish to eat the plastic crap sold at most fast food outlets? I'm sick, where can I apply for disability? ;)
 
UnUnOctium said:
It's a disease to not wish to eat the plastic crap sold at most fast food outlets? I'm sick, where can I apply for disability? ;)
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The first step to treatment is admitting you have a problem.

Now open wide for a deep fried mars bar.
 
So what is worse looking like the oros man or having an addition to eating well?

I think 2/3's of the states and UK need this disease.
 
killadoob said:
So what is worse looking like the oros man or having an addition to eating well?

I think 2/3's of the states and UK need this disease.
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If you suffer from it, it will probably ruin your relationships and social life.-

Example: no eating out or eating at other people's houses, because you don't know how the food in the kitchen is prepared. It can potentially be very restrictive.
 
The obsession for healthy foods could come from a number of sources such as family habits, society trends, economic problems, recent illness, or even just hearing something negative about a food type or group, which then leads them to ultimately eliminate the food or foods from their diet.
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In my experience healthy food tends to be a lot more expensive than junk food.

Also don't see the problem with this "disorder".
 
Classifying healthy eating as a mental disorder is the dumbest things I've heard today.

The only way this makes sense is if what you think is healthy actually isn't, in which case they should explain that better in the article. They just say that people who want to eat very healthy have a mental disorder.

If I have an obsession with eating healthy, and I put in the effort to research and consult professionals about my diet, and apply that, how is that bad for me?

Sounds like bull**** made up by people who are too lazy to live a healthy life, or content living unhealthily.
 
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