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Health Food Junkies is a smart, funny, insightful exposé of a new eating disorder that the author calls orthorexia nervosa. The term is a combination of ortho-, meaning straight or correct, and orexis, appetite, reminiscent of anorexia nervosa.
Health Food Junkies is the first book to identify this new eating disorder, orthorexia nervosa, and to offer detailed, practical advice on how to cope with and overcome it. Orthorexia nervosa occurs when the victim becomes obsessed, not with the quantity of food eaten, but the quality of the food.
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20 de out. de 2011 · Health food junkies : overcoming the obsession with healthful eating. by. Bratman, Steven; Knight, David. Publication date. 2000. Topics. Eating disorders, Nutrition, Food habits, Junk food, Natural foods. Publisher.
Health Food Junkies is the first book to identify this new eating disorder, orthorexia nervosa, and to offer detailed, practical advice on how to cope with and overcome it. Orthorexia nervosa...
- Steven Bratman, David Knight
- illustrated
- David Knight
29 de jun. de 2011 · Na obra Health Food Junkie – Overcoming the Obsession with Healthful Eating, o autor Bratman discute a ortorexia nervosa, um transtorno alimentar descrito e batizado por ele em 1997, caracterizado pela obsessão por alimentação saudável.
- Jackeline Barcelos Pontes, Miguel Ângelo Montagner
- 2011
Health Food Junkies is the first book to identify this new eating disorder, orthorexia nervosa, and to offer detailed, practical advice on how to cope with and overcome it. Orthorexia nervosa occurs when the victim becomes obsessed, not with the quantity of food eaten, but the quality of the food.
This article describes success stories of health professionals caring for people diagnosed with eating disorders, revealing that these narratives create a counterpoint to the widely propagated opinions in scientific literature that qualifies this association in negative terms.
