--- In [email protected], akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just came across this. Know anyone or groups of people like this? > >
Orthodox Jews? > > * Orthorexia nervosa > > o Not an official eating disorder diagnosis, but the concept > is useful. The name was coined by Steven Bratman, M.D. to describe "a > pathological fixation on eating "proper" or "pure" or "superior" food. > > o People with orthorexia nervosa feel superior to others who > eat "improper" food, which might include non-organic or junk foods and > items found in regular grocery stores, as opposed to health food stores. > > o Orthorexics obsess over what to eat, how much to eat, how > to prepare food "properly," and where to obtain "pure" and "proper" > foods. > > o Eating the "right" food becomes an important ,or even the > primary, focus of life. One's worth or goodness is seen in terms of > what one does or does not eat. Personal values, relationships, career > goals, and friendships become less important than the quality and > timing of what is consumed. > > o Perhaps related to, or a type of, obsessive-compulsive > disorder > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
