Orthorexia nervosa: Healthy habit or pathology? Experiences and expansion of the consciousness of the correct diet
Aim Exploring the lived experience of women concerned about following a healthy and sustainable diet: subjectivity, ideas, descriptive concepts, and constitutive strategies. Method Based on the epistemological paradigm of phenomenology, the theoretical perspective of symbolic interactionism, and the...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2025 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad Autónoma de Madrid |
| Repositorio: | Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/747921 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10486/747921 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2025.e42254 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Orthorexia nervosa Nursing Mental health Eating disorders Qualitative research Medicina |
| Sumario: | Aim Exploring the lived experience of women concerned about following a healthy and sustainable diet: subjectivity, ideas, descriptive concepts, and constitutive strategies. Method Based on the epistemological paradigm of phenomenology, the theoretical perspective of symbolic interactionism, and the methodological perspective of phenomenological reduction, a qualitative discourse analysis was performed through different strategies (thematic content analysis and interpretive phenomenological analysis, applying ad hoc techniques). Findings The phenomenological field of healthy eating intermittently unfolds in both experience and discourse, akin to a process of expansion and contraction, in the narrative “Expanding the Consciousness of Healthy Eating”. This encompasses two main themes: (1) Researching and Gathering Information, with the subthemes ‘Health Socialisation,’ ‘My Purchase: Assessing Food Reliability,’ ‘Moral Burden,’ and ‘Compensation as a Mechanism of Channelling Deviation’; and (2) Becoming Healthier, with the subthemes ‘Highlighting Benefits,’ ‘Marketing as a Pandemic Resource of Ideals,’ and ‘Is the Clinical Eye of the Family a Stigmatising Label?'. Conclusion The process of becoming healthier entails a struggle with the environment and with one's inner self. This struggle is open to the entire world and guided by the unalienable tenets of health, respectfulness, goodness, and beauty as ‘the only alternative’ to the suffering caused by a conventional diet |
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