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Old 07-21-2013, 07:03 PM
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Originally Posted by ilovetv View Post
Orthorexia doesn't necessarily exhibit itself as a disease of body weight, malnutrition etc. It's a behavioral problem and maybe a psychiatric one, and actually "addiction" would be a better term to use than obsession. The person gets addicted to their grueling, expensive, punishing regimen and cannot stop.
You still don't have anything specific. It's too fuzzy. Saying that it's grueling, expensive and punishing, is your characterization of it. I could say the same about golfing, basketball and football.

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The people I know well who have orthorexia have also been addicted to bingeing and purging (bulimia), anorexic, and alcoholic. They are addicts, I'm very sad to say.
They may have eating disorders and they may be alcoholic, but at this point we can't label them as having orthorexia. That's because there are no scientifically accepted parameters.