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# Orthorexia
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Orthorexia is a pattern of disordered eating characterized by a fixation on 'clean eating', or 'perfect eating'. It often begins as a desire to eat only healthy foods but spirals into an obsession.
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Notes from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_mUm8Ow-Dc:
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- Often an emphasis around organic foods.
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- Individuals with orthorexia can go to extreme lengths to prepare meals.
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- The individual in the video recognizes that he has an issue and is working to fix it.
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- One individual catalogued foods obsessively.
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- One individual noted that it was becoming a problem when his food choices started consuming so much of his life.
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- People want to feel like they can make choices that will keep them healthy.
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