'Orthorexia' Is More And More Common. Here's What You Should Know About It.

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A HuffPost wellness piece reports on orthorexia, a preoccupation with 'clean' or 'pure' eating that two dietitians say is becoming more common, fueled partly by social media content that labels foods as bad or fake.

Orthorexia has no listing in the DSM-5, the official psychiatric diagnostic manual, but the dietitians quoted expect that to change eventually. Signs cited include rigid food rules, anxiety over losing control of one's diet, and avoiding social plans over uncertainty about available food.

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You can practically watch this one eat its own tail. Fixating on healthy eating is bad for you, says an article that exists because fixating on healthy eating is a popular thing to read about online. Somebody ought to write a companion piece on the condition of reading twelve wellness explainers a week.

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