GC: n

S: Healthology – http://www.healthology.com.au/nutrition/orthorexia/ (last access: 5 March 2016); Orthorexia.com – http://www.orthorexia.com/ (last access: 5 March 2016).

N: 1. “Anorexia” comes from the Greek word “orexis”, which means appetite and the prefix “an”, which means “without”. A word related to anorexia is “orthorexia”. “Ortho” is a Greek word meaning “correct”; so, “orthorexia” literally means “correct appetite”. This word has probably been created and used because of the wave of health concerns related to diet. Those who eat all organic food can be considere “orthorexic”.

2. A excessive concern with consuming a diet considered to be correct in some respect, often involving the elimination of foods or food groups supposed to be harmful to health.

3. Orthorexia nervosa: A term designating a disorder in which there is an unhealthy obsession with healthy eating, an extreme dedication to extreme diets that can starve the body of basic nutrition. The emphasis (or overemphasis) is on the quality, not the quantity, of food in the diet. Orthorexia nervosa has not been recognized as an accepted medical entity.
The term was proposed in 1996 by the American physician Steven Bratman. Meant to parallel “anorexia nervosa.”

S: 1. RiceEdu – http://neologisms.rice.edu/index.php?a=term&d=1&t=2810 (last access: 5 March 2016). 2. TERMIUM PLUS (last access: 5 March 2016). 3. MN – http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=19891 (last access: 5 March 2016).

SYN: orthorexia nervosa (context)

S: TERMIUM PLUS (last access: 5 March 2016)

CR: anemia, anorexia, muscle dysmorphia, preservative.