Articles of category "Orthorexia (kids and teens)"

Seeking Orthorexia treatment can be quite difficult. Orthorexia or Orthorexia Nervosa is not a medically diagnosable disorder at this time. However there are still people who suffer from this disorder. Orthorexia is a fanatical fixation on eating what an individual considers only healthy food. This obsessive behavior can result in death if left untreated.

A physician might expect no relation between orthorexia and interfaith activities. Yet the following story produces evidence of such a relationship. The story presented below was heard by the writer during a visit to a Hindu temple. The writer is not a practicing Hindu, but she does not shrink from joining in interfaith activities, some of which take place at the restaurant adjacent to a local Hindu temple.