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#Orthorexia on Instagram: a descriptive study exploring the online conversation and community using the Netlytic software.
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- Why People Conceal Mental Health Problems: Qualitative Analysis of TikTok Posts.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- Orthorexia nervosa and social media: A mixed-methods scoping review using a systematic methodology.PloS one · 2026Article
- Assessing the presence and motivations of orthorexia nervosa among athletes and adults with eating disorders: a cross-sectional study.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2023Article
- A scoping literature review of the associations between highly visual social media use and eating disorders and disordered eating: a changing landscape.Journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
- Visions of recovery: a cross-diagnostic examination of eating disorder pro-recovery communities on TikTok.Journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
- "Your struggles are valid, you are worthy of help and you deserve to recover": narratives of recovery from orthorexia nervosa.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2023Article
- Orthorexia nervosa and Instagram: exploring the Russian-speaking conversation around #opтopeкcия.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2022Article
- The #orthorexia community on Instagram.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2022Article
- Diagnosis as Subculture: Subversions of Health and Medical Knowledges in the Orthorexia Recovery Community on Instagram.Qualitative sociology · 2022Article
- Perspective: Classifying Orthorexia Nervosa as a New Mental Illness-Much Discussion, Little Evidence.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2020Review
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Abstract
Orthorexia nervosa (ON) is a relatively new phenomenon. The purpose of this study was to investigate (1) the #orthorexia conversation on Instagram (using the Netlytic software), and (2) among a random subsample of images (N = 245), analyse the types of images (N = 145) and author biographies (N = 68). Among the 4,533 downloaded records, there were 48,780 unique words associated with the posts, with the most commonly used being love (n = 535) and #edrecovery (n = 425). Among the images, the majority contained food (68%) and people (13%). Among the unique authors, the majority were female (84%) and mentioned ED (eating disorder) recovery and being food/fitness focused. The ON community on Instagram is relatively small and the positive conversation may suggest a supportive community that focuses on recovery and adopting healthier eating behaviours.Level of evidence Level V, descriptive study.
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