Nutrition Science and Everyday Application - beta v 0.1

402 ALICE CALLAHAN, PHD, HEATHER LEONARD, MED, RDN, AND TAMBERLY POWELL, MS, RDN
emphasis of healthy eating, or “clean” eating, to the extreme, so much so that it becomes a
fixation, putting their health at risk. 19
Signs of orthorexia include compulsively reading food labels, cutting several food groups
out of the diet, spending an unusual amount of time focusing on what foods may be
available at upcoming events, and experiencing a high level of stress when healthy foods are
not available. The obsession with healthfulness comes with a high social cost as it is often
difficult to enjoy eating out or sharing meals with friends and family.
There is no formal treatment plan for orthorexia, but many eating disorder experts treat it
similarly to anorexia and obsessive-compulsive disorder. 19
If you think you or someone close to you might have an eating disorder and you want to
learn more or find resources for help, check out these organizations and links.
https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/help-support
https://anad.org/our-services/eating-disorders-helpline/
https://www.eatingdisorderhope.com/
Self-Check
An interactive H5P element has been excluded from this version of the text. You can view it online here:
https://openoregon.pressbooks.pub/nutritionscience/?p=630#h5p-22
Attributions:
• University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Food Science and Human Nutrition Program,
“Undernutrition, Overnutrition, and Malnutrition,” CC BY-NC 4.0
References:
• 1 Di Angelantonio, E., Bhupathiraju, S. N., Wormser, D., Gao, P., Kaptoge, S., de
Gonzalez, A. B., … & Lewington, S. (2016). Body-mass index and all-cause mortality:
individual-participant-data meta-analysis of 239 prospective studies in four
continents. The Lancet, 388(10046), 776-786.
• 2 Obesity and overweight. (2017). World Health Organization. Retrieved October 31,