Orthorexia Nervosa-It Is Time to Think About Abandoning the Concept of a Distinct Diagnosis

doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2021.640401

. 2021 Jan 28:12:640401.

doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.640401. eCollection 2021.

Orthorexia Nervosa-It Is Time to Think About Abandoning the Concept of a Distinct Diagnosis

Adrian Meule^{1

2}, Ulrich Voderholzer^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
² Schoen Clinic Roseneck, Prien am Chiemsee, Germany.
³ Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.

PMID: 33584391
PMCID: PMC7876234
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.640401

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Orthorexia Nervosa-It Is Time to Think About Abandoning the Concept of a Distinct Diagnosis

Adrian Meule et al. Front Psychiatry. 2021.

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. 2021 Jan 28:12:640401.

doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.640401. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Adrian Meule^{1

2}, Ulrich Voderholzer^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
² Schoen Clinic Roseneck, Prien am Chiemsee, Germany.
³ Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.

PMID: 33584391
PMCID: PMC7876234
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.640401

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Keywords: anorexia nervosa; bulimia nervosa; eating disorders; obsessive-compulsive disorder; orthorexia nervosa.

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[2] Bratman S, Knight D. Health Food Junkies. Orthorexia Nervosa: Overcoming the Obsession With Healthful Eating. New York, NY: Broadway Books; (2000)

[3] Dunn TM, Bratman S. On orthorexia nervosa: a review of the literature and proposed diagnostic criteria. Eating Behav. (2016) 21:11–7. 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2015.12.006 - DOI - PubMed

[4] Dunn TM, Bratman S. On orthorexia nervosa: a review of the literature and proposed diagnostic criteria. Eating Behav. (2016) 21:11–7. 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2015.12.006 - DOI - PubMed

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[6] Donini LM, Marsili D, Graziani MP, Imbriale M, Cannella C. Orthorexia nervosa: validation of a diagnosis questionnaire. Eating Weight Disorders. (2005) 10:e28–32. 10.1007/BF03327537 - DOI - PubMed

[7] Arusoglu G, Kabakçi E, Köksal G, Merdol TK. Orthorexia nervosa and adaptation of ORTO-11 into Turkish. Turkish J Psychiatry. (2008) 19:283–91. - PubMed

[8] Arusoglu G, Kabakçi E, Köksal G, Merdol TK. Orthorexia nervosa and adaptation of ORTO-11 into Turkish. Turkish J Psychiatry. (2008) 19:283–91. - PubMed

[9] Missbach B, Hinterbuchinger B, Dreiseitl V, Zellhofer S, Kurz C, König J. When eating right, is measured wrong! a validation and critical examination of the ORTO-15 questionnaire in German. PLoS ONE. (2015) 10:e0135772. 10.1371/journal.pone.0135772 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[10] Missbach B, Hinterbuchinger B, Dreiseitl V, Zellhofer S, Kurz C, König J. When eating right, is measured wrong! a validation and critical examination of the ORTO-15 questionnaire in German. PLoS ONE. (2015) 10:e0135772. 10.1371/journal.pone.0135772 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

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