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How the obsession to eat healthy food meets with the willingness to do sports: the motivational background of orthorexia nervosa.

ABSTRACT: PURPOSE:Given its relevance, the present study sought to reveal the motivational background of orthorexia nervosa (ON) and to examine its association to do sports. METHODS:A total number of 739 participants completed a self-administered, online questionnaire including questions related to sports and three scales: Ortho-11-Hu, Motivation for Healthy Behaviors in Orthorexia Nervosa Questionnaire (MHBONQ) and Short Health Anxiety Inventory (SHAI). The age of the respondents ranged from 18 to 72 years (M?=?29.67, SD?=?10.18) and 79.16% of them were female. The majority of the subjects trained 3-4 times a week (37.2%), usually for 1-2 h per week (25.8%). RESULTS:According to the hierarchical multiple regression analysis, social desirability, guilt over skipping training and health anxiety were the strongest predictors of ON with explaining 46% of the variance of ON. DISCUSSION:The results of the present study suggested that obsessive features of sport activities (guilt over skipping training, counting calories during training) play an important role in ON. People with a higher level of ON tend to reach other people's respect, protect their general health and regulate negative emotional states through healthy eating. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE:Level V, descriptive cross-sectional study.

SUBMITTER: Kiss-Leizer M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6531400 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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How the obsession to eat healthy food meets with the willingness to do sports: the motivational background of orthorexia nervosa.

Kiss-Leizer Márton M Tóth-Király István I Rigó Adrien A

Eating and weight disorders : EWD 20190206 3

<h4>Purpose</h4>Given its relevance, the present study sought to reveal the motivational background of orthorexia nervosa (ON) and to examine its association to do sports.<h4>Methods</h4>A total number of 739 participants completed a self-administered, online questionnaire including questions related to sports and three scales: Ortho-11-Hu, Motivation for Healthy Behaviors in Orthorexia Nervosa Questionnaire (MHBONQ) and Short Health Anxiety Inventory (SHAI). The age of the respondents ranged fr ...[more]

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Project description:Introduction: Orthorexia nervosa (ON) is a condition that is characterized by a pathological obsession with eating foods one considers healthy and has recently been suggested as a new possible diagnosis. However, there is limited published research on health professionals' recognition, ideas and opinions regarding the diagnosis and classification of ON. Purpose: The aim of this mixed-methods study was to gain insight into the perspectives of clinically active health professionals on ON, and into their opinions on if and how the disorder should be classified. Results: Psychologists, psychiatrists, dietitians and physiotherapists in the Netherlands (n = 160) participated by responding to a self-administered questionnaire. Most health professionals (78%) reported that they thought that ON should have its own diagnosis. This opinion was more common in physical health professionals than in mental health professionals. A majority (74%) agreed that ON fits within the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) category Eating and Feeding Disorders. Interviews with 15 mental health professionals were analyzed using code frequencies and continuous comparisons. Mental health professionals reported believing that ON is prevalent in the general population and that a separate diagnosis would have both advantages and disadvantages for health professionals and patients. Interview participants described the typical ON patient as being young, female, and highly educated; characteristics that overlap with typical anorexia nervosa and obsessive compulsive disorder cases. Conclusion: The results suggest that some health professionals from a heterogenous sample in the Netherlands think ON should have a separate diagnosis in the DSM, however, the study needs to be replicated to allow for further generalization. Methodological design of this study may be utilized in future research with similar aims. The findings can serve as a foundation for investigation of individuals' experiences of distress caused by ON, and further refinement of the diagnostic criteria.

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How the obsession to eat healthy food meets with the willingness to do sports: the motivational background of orthorexia nervosa.

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