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There is a question as to whether this is a real disorder. Eating healthy and convincing others to do so isn't a sin. https://nutritionfacts.org/video/is-ortho

There is a question as to whether this is a real disorder. Eating healthy and convincing others to do so isn't a sin. https://nutritionfacts.org/video/is-orthorexia-a-real-eating-disorder/ https://nutritionfacts.org/video/is-orthorexia-a-real-eating...

DaiPlusPlus 7y ago
My lay impression is it’s a form of OCD
- atomical 7y ago
  It's possible it interferes with day to day life but extends life as a whole considering the typical diet in America.
DanBC 7y ago
Whenever researchers talk about any mental disorders you need to add the phrase "...which interferes with their day to day life, and causes harm or distress". These people are not eating healthily, they have an obsession with "healthy" food that interfere with their day to day life and causes harm or distress. That harm may be from something like REDS (Anna Boniface has written useful stuff about that), or it may be over-training or food restrictions.
- gowld 7y ago
  Sometimes 'disorder' means "behaving in a way that annoys other people". https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/personality-disorders/symptoms-causes/syc-20354463 https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/personality-d...
  - DanBC 7y ago
    For information about the label of PD I like Meeting the Challenge, Making a Difference, because it was coproduced by people with the label. https://www.crisiscareconcordat.org.uk/inspiration/meeting-the-challenge-making-a-difference https://www.crisiscareconcordat.org.uk/inspiration/meeting-t... I think you've been unfairly downvoted. I don't think you're saying "people who have this label are annoying", I think you're saying "health care professionals who struggle with a patient are likely to say it's the patient's fault, because that patient has a PD".
    - atomical 7y ago
      Isn't talking about downvotes prohibited on here?
- atomical 7y ago
  > they have an obsession with "healthy" food that interfere with their day to day life and causes harm or distress. Ah, so they would be better off eating junk food? That's actually what the authors of the studies suggest.

DaiPlusPlus 7y ago

My lay impression is it’s a form of OCD

atomical 7y ago
It's possible it interferes with day to day life but extends life as a whole considering the typical diet in America.

DanBC 7y ago

Whenever researchers talk about any mental disorders you need to add the phrase "...which interferes with their day to day life, and causes harm or distress". These people are not eating healthily, they have an obsession with "healthy" food that interfere with their day to day life and causes harm or distress. That harm may be from something like REDS (Anna Boniface has written useful stuff about that), or it may be over-training or food restrictions.

gowld 7y ago
Sometimes 'disorder' means "behaving in a way that annoys other people". https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/personality-disorders/symptoms-causes/syc-20354463 https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/personality-d...
- DanBC 7y ago
  For information about the label of PD I like Meeting the Challenge, Making a Difference, because it was coproduced by people with the label. https://www.crisiscareconcordat.org.uk/inspiration/meeting-the-challenge-making-a-difference https://www.crisiscareconcordat.org.uk/inspiration/meeting-t... I think you've been unfairly downvoted. I don't think you're saying "people who have this label are annoying", I think you're saying "health care professionals who struggle with a patient are likely to say it's the patient's fault, because that patient has a PD".
  - atomical 7y ago
    Isn't talking about downvotes prohibited on here?
atomical 7y ago
> they have an obsession with "healthy" food that interfere with their day to day life and causes harm or distress. Ah, so they would be better off eating junk food? That's actually what the authors of the studies suggest.