Risk of orthorexia nervosa in university students: a review

A balanced and healthy diet is extremely important and contributes to health promotion, so making good choices is essential to have a good quality of life and life expectancy. However, having a perfectionist and extreme view around food and the way we eat leads to illness in the body and mind. Objec...

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Autores: Sousa, Francisca Viviane de Brito, Lima , Clarice de Souza, Sousa, Tamires Silva Oliveira de, Cardoso, Thayane Carvalho, Rodrigues, Matheus da Silva, Silva, Marcos Henrique Barbosa da, Macedo, Kelly Vanderlei, Fernandes, Ana Caroline de Castro Ferreira, Landim, Liejy Agnes dos Santos Raposo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de Itajubá (UNIFEI)
Repositorio:Research, Society and Development
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/31697
Acceso en línea:https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/31697
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Orthorexia nervosa
Eating behavior
Food intake
Students.
Ortorexia nerviosa
Conducta alimentaria
La ingesta de alimentos
Estudiantes.
Ortorexia nervosa
Comportamento alimentar
Ingestão alimentar
Estudantes.
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Sumario:A balanced and healthy diet is extremely important and contributes to health promotion, so making good choices is essential to have a good quality of life and life expectancy. However, having a perfectionist and extreme view around food and the way we eat leads to illness in the body and mind. Objective: To identify studies on the risk of developing orthorexia nervosa in university students. Methodology: This study focuses on an exploratory narrative review, in which the search process was carried out in April and May 2022 in the PubMed, Scielo and Google Scholar databases, using the descriptors in Portuguese: “Orthorexia nervosa", "Eating behavior", "Students", "Food intake" and in English: "Orthorexia nervosa", "Eating behavior", "Students", "Food intake" Results: 190 studies were found on the subject, after application of exclusion criteria 8 studies were selected. Conclusion: From the analysis of data, university students, especially those in the health area, have a high prevalence for the development of orthorexia nervosa, being more frequent in females, being more susceptible due to numerous factors, including the media, the standards imposed by society and even the requirements that are imposed when choosing a course in the health area.

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