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A condition characterized by an obsession with healthy eating, leading to restrictive behaviors and potential health risks

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What is orthorexia, the disorder which sees healthy eating go too far?

Now you know what orthorexia is.

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What is orthorexia, the disorder which sees healthy eating go too far?

But in people with orthorexia, the behavior gets similar to OCD.

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What is orthorexia, the disorder which sees healthy eating go too far?

Scientifically speaking, orthorexia isn't recognized as an eating disorder in its own right, at least not yet.

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What is orthorexia, the disorder which sees healthy eating go too far?

Let's listen to Cleveland Clinic Dr. Casey Goodpaster talking to WCNC about how orthorexia differs from other eating disorders in an interview recorded back in 2019.

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What is orthorexia, the disorder which sees healthy eating go too far?

To put it simply, orthorexia is a need to eat healthily at all costs, to the extent that it becomes an obsession.

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What is orthorexia, the disorder which sees healthy eating go too far?

It's called orthorexia, coming from the Latin words orthos for correct, and orexis meaning appetite.

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What is orthorexia, the disorder which sees healthy eating go too far?

What is orthorexia?