notes/education/nutrition/Eating Disorders.md

Orthorexia

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.

Notes from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_mUm8Ow-Dc:

• Often an emphasis around organic foods.
• Individuals with orthorexia can go to extreme lengths to prepare meals.
• The individual in the video recognizes that he has an issue and is working to fix it.
• One individual catalogued foods obsessively.
• One individual noted that it was becoming a problem when his food choices started consuming so much of his life.
• People want to feel like they can make choices that will keep them healthy.