 | | 3 / 6 Dangers of othorexia
Orthorexia may seem to resemble the better-known eating disorder anorexia, but while anorexics are obsessed with the quantity of food intake, othorexics become fixated on the quality. And instead of a preoccupation with weight loss as characterized by anorexia, orthorexics are more concerned with healthy eating than with their weight.
In their quest for dietary purity, orthorexics may become more and more restrictive about what they eat, and how much.
"Obsession with healthy food can progress to the point where it crowds out other activities and interests, impairs relationships, and even becomes physically dangerous," says Bratman. Severe health complications can also arise from long-term malnutrition.
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