Короткий опис(реферат):
It is good to eat healthy food. We are encouraged to do so by major
medical associations, personal physicians, celebrities, schools,
employers, the media and even the government. However, there are a
variety of recommendations available regarding what eating healthy
means, and some of these are stricter than others. This unhealthy
relationship with healthy foods is referred to as orthorexia nervosa from
the Greek orthos, meaning “correct or right” and orexia, meaning
“appetite.” It is the subject of growing academic research and has
become an accepted diagnosis in the mental health community. A person
with orthorexia nervosa has become so fixated on eating healthy food
that this one goal begins to squeeze out and diminish other important
dimensions of life. The purpose of our study was to study the
psychological characteristics of persons with orthorexia for further
development medical and psychological support
