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Orthorexia Nervosa: differences between clinical and non-clinical samples.

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Abstract
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Orthorexia Nervosa (ON) is a construct characterized by behaviors, emotions, and beliefs on eating healthy food and excessive attention to diet; moreover, dieting has been considered a risk factor in ON symptoms development. The principal aim of this study was to investigate the differences in clinical and non-clinical groups most at risk of ON. Aspects that could be associated with ON (Eating Disorders [EDs], obsessive-compulsive symptomatology, perfectionistic traits, anxiety, depression, Body Mass Index [BMI]) were investigated in all groups.

Year of Publication
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2021
Journal
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BMC psychiatry
Volume
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21
Issue
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1
Number of Pages
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341
Date Published
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2021
URL
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https://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12888-021-03348-2
DOI
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10.1186/s12888-021-03348-2
Short Title
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BMC Psychiatry
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