General Article Orthorexia: when healthy eating becomes dangerous

Topic Selected: Understanding Eating Disorders Book Volume: 461

Orthorexia nervosa is an eating disorder based on an unhealthy obsession with nutrition – so what are the signs and how can it be treated?

By Chelsie Henshaw

Eating healthily is good, right? Well, no, not always. Even the supposedly healthy trend for so-called clean eating has a potential dark side. Extreme practitioners are at risk of an eating disorder known as orthorexia nervosa, says Renee McGregor, a registered dietitian and author of Orthorexia: When Healthy Eating Goes Bad.

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