When Healthy Eating Becomes Extreme: Orthorexia
We’ve all heard of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa but, there’s a new eating disorder condition that’s becoming more understood as of late: orthorexia nervosa. Just like other eating disorders, orthorexia has to do with extreme, patterned eating but it’s distinct from these other, longer-established disorders in a major way. What is Orthorexia Nervosa? In . . . . Continue Reading
5 Signs of Disordered Eating
Disordered eating is a classification in the DSM-IV, which is the bible of the medical field, to describe a wide range of irregular eating behaviors that do not warrant a diagnosis of a specific eating disorder such as anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa. Disordered eating can include behaviors which reflect many but not all of . . . . Continue Reading