ArticleFrontiers in nutrition2024
Excessive health behaviors in sports: links of orthorexia nervosa and exercise addiction with well-being, exercise activity in sports categories, and gender effects.
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- Multidimensional body image and self-esteem: a latent profile analysis differentiating orthorexia nervosa and exercise addiction from disordered eating.BMC psychiatry · 2026Article
- Physical Activity Enjoyment and Orthorexic Eating Behaviours in Turkish Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Association Between Physical Activity Level, Quality of Life Determinants, Internet Use, and Orthorexia Among Sport Science Students Living in Naples: An Observational Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Orthorexia nervosa and exercise addiction: distinct entities beyond restrictive and muscularity-oriented disordered eating behaviours?Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Orthorexia Profiles in Athletes: A Multidimensional Analysis Using the Eating Habits Questionnaire (EHQ) and the Teruel Orthorexia Scale (TOS).Nutrients · 2025Article
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Abstract
Background and aims: Orthorexia nervosa (OrNe), the obsessive fixation on healthy eating, and exercise addiction (ExAdd) have been discussed as correlated excessive health behaviors with potential mental health implications. The role of gender-and sports-specific differences remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate the links of ExAdd, OrNe, and the non-pathological interest in healthy eating (healthy orthorexia; HeOr) with well-being and exercise activity in various sports, considering gender effects. Methods: Data from two cross-sectional online surveys were combined ( Results: Well-being correlated with OrNe among women ( Discussion: Men's well-being may slightly benefit from ExAdd and an interest in healthy eating, while obsessive healthy eating may reduce women's well-being. Although exercise activity is associated with ExAdd in a wide variety of sports, it does not explain the link between ExAdd and OrNe. Preventive measures should consider gender-specific risks in excessive health behaviors.
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