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Orthorexia symptoms and disordered eating behaviors in young women with cancer.

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Abstract
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A cancer diagnosis can motivate people to modify behaviors believed to influence prognosis or recurrence risk, including their eating habits. Orthorexia is a type of disordered eating that involves an extreme fixation on healthy eating. The current study examined: 1) the presence of orthorexia symptoms and disordered eating behavior in young adult women with cancer; 2) factors associated with orthorexia and disordered eating behaviors; and 3) the type and frequency of eating behavior changes made following cancer diagnosis.

Year of Publication
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2022
Journal
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Eating behaviors
Volume
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47
Number of Pages
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101672
Date Published
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2022
ISSN Number
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1471-0153
URL
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https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1471-0153(22)00078-2
DOI
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10.1016/j.eatbeh.2022.101672
Short Title
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Eat Behav
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