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Orthorexia meaning

A fixation with healthy or righteous eating.

Using Orthorexia

  • The main meaning on this page is: A fixation with healthy or righteous eating.
  • In the example corpus, orthorexia often appears in combinations such as: orthorexia nervosa, of orthorexia, orthorexia orthorexia.

Context around Orthorexia

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 5 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

disorder 1× fatal 1× assess 1×

Often after:

nervosa 7× concerned 1× include 1×

Sentence patterns with Orthorexia

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

anorexia and orthorexia nervosa an 1× associated with orthorexia nervosa including 1× component of orthorexia orthorexia nervosa 1× disorder called orthorexia nervosa 1× eating disorder orthorexia concerned that 1× everything from orthorexia or an 1× known as orthorexia nervosa 1× learn about orthorexia until after 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

but of course 1× in a small 1× moroze rm dunn 1× people often do 1× restrictive elimination diets 1× symptoms of orthorexia 1×

Common sentence endings:

above all else 1× as orthorexia nervosa 1× assess orthorexia nervosa 1× binge eating disorder 1× called orthorexia nervosa 1× criteria 397 403 1×

Words around Orthorexia

Just before it in the word index:

orthopyroxene 2 orthopteran 1 orthopoxvirus 2 orthopox 3 orthopedist 5 orthopedics 29

Just after it in the word index:

orthorhombic 13 orthoses 5 orthosilicates 3 orthosis 5 orthostatic 10 orthotic 6

Similar in corpus frequency:

aadi 14 aayush 14 abbottabad 14 aberdonian 14 abhi 14 aborting 14

Corpus analysis for Orthorexia

  • In this selection, "orthorexia" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, disorder, fatal, assess, nervosa, concerned and include stand out and add context to how "orthorexia" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include anorexia and orthorexia nervosa an and associated with orthorexia nervosa including. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "orthorexia" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with orthorexia

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

We need new tools to assess orthorexia nervosa. (8 words)

In a small number of cases, people develop an eating disorder called orthorexia nervosa. (14 words)

Most of the attention has been paid to the problematic component of orthorexia: orthorexia nervosa (OrNe). (16 words)

Longer example sentences

But, of course, there is nothing healthy about diet culture, which encourages everything from orthorexia, or an obsession with “clean eating,” to other forms of disordered eating in its pursuit of thinness above all else. (35 words)

Moroze RM, Dunn TM, Craig Holland J, Yager J, Weintraub P. Microthinking about micronutrients: A case of transition from obsessions about healthy eating to near-fatal “orthorexia nervosa” and proposed diagnostic criteria: 397–403. (34 words)

Writing in The Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, the researchers compared the fixation to the eating disorder, orthorexia, concerned that there was a growing 'perfectionistic quest for the ideal sleep'. (30 words)

Example sentences (11)

Most of the attention has been paid to the problematic component of orthorexia: orthorexia nervosa (OrNe).

Restrictive elimination diets are linked to eating disorders such as Anorexia and Orthorexia Nervosa, an unsafe obsession with eating healthily.

Writing in The Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, the researchers compared the fixation to the eating disorder, orthorexia, concerned that there was a growing 'perfectionistic quest for the ideal sleep'.

But, of course, there is nothing healthy about diet culture, which encourages everything from orthorexia, or an obsession with “clean eating,” to other forms of disordered eating in its pursuit of thinness above all else.

Symptoms of orthorexia include compulsively checking ingredients lists, cutting out entire food groups and spending hours each day thinking about food one might be served, among others.

In a small number of cases, people develop an eating disorder called orthorexia nervosa.

Moroze RM, Dunn TM, Craig Holland J, Yager J, Weintraub P. Microthinking about micronutrients: A case of transition from obsessions about healthy eating to near-fatal “orthorexia nervosa” and proposed diagnostic criteria: 397–403.

People often do not learn about orthorexia until after they, or someone they love, has been diagnosed with anorexia, bulimia or binge eating disorder.

Using two popular databases, the authors did a review of the psychosocial risk factors associated with orthorexia nervosa, including studies published up until the end of 2018.

We need new tools to assess orthorexia nervosa.

What may start out as a few simple changes to one’s eating habits can progress to a dangerous disorder known as orthorexia nervosa.

Common combinations with orthorexia

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "orthorexia" in a sentence?
An example: "Most of the attention has been paid to the problematic component of orthorexia: orthorexia nervosa (OrNe)." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "orthorexia" from authentic English texts.
What does "orthorexia" mean?
Orthorexia means: A fixation with healthy or righteous eating.
How many example sentences with "orthorexia" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "orthorexia", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.