Orthorexia Explained: Can Healthy Eating Become a Problem?

Engaging in a healthy lifestyle is undoubtedly a positive - but what if it's taken to the extreme? Orthorexia is an eating disorder that develops from an unhealthy obsession with the purity of food.
Our expert therapist explains everything you need to know about orthorexia, such as the symptoms, causes, coping strategies, and treatments for this eating disorder.
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00:00 Intro
00:47 What is orthorexia
01:10 Symptoms and behaviors of orthorexia
03:44 Healthy eating vs orthorexia
04:42 Orthorexia and mental health
05:59 Causes of orthorexia
08:04 Coping with triggers
09:27 Supporting a friend or a loved one with orthorexia
11:13 The difficulty of orthorexia diagnosis
12:42 Treatment for orthorexia
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Priory's expert in this video is Victoria Chamorro, consultant psychiatrist at the Priory Hospital Roehampton:
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