Book contents
- Orthorexia Nervosa
- Reviews
- Orthorexia Nervosa
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
- Part I Dieting Trends and Health
- 1 Healthy and Sustainable Diet
- 2 Health Behaviours and Healthy Eating Interventions
- Highlights
- Part II Clinical Description of Orthorexia Nervosa
- Part III Assessment and Prevalence of Orthorexia Nervosa
- Part IV Multidimensional Characteristics of Orthorexia Nervosa
- Part V Two Decades of Research on Orthorexia Nervosa
- Part VI Future Directions on Orthorexia Nervosa
- References
- Index
1 - Healthy and Sustainable Diet
from Part I - Dieting Trends and Health
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 October 2024
- Orthorexia Nervosa
- Reviews
- Orthorexia Nervosa
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
- Part I Dieting Trends and Health
- 1 Healthy and Sustainable Diet
- 2 Health Behaviours and Healthy Eating Interventions
- Highlights
- Part II Clinical Description of Orthorexia Nervosa
- Part III Assessment and Prevalence of Orthorexia Nervosa
- Part IV Multidimensional Characteristics of Orthorexia Nervosa
- Part V Two Decades of Research on Orthorexia Nervosa
- Part VI Future Directions on Orthorexia Nervosa
- References
- Index
Summary
Diet is one of the ‘big three’ modifiable health behaviours (together with sleep and physical activity) (Wickham et al., 2020). The World Health Organization (WHO, 2020) defines a healthy diet as achieving energy balance, limiting energy intake from total fats, free sugars and salt and increasing consumption of fruits and vegetables, legumes, whole grains and nuts. Regular consumption of a wide variety of foods from key food groups in the right proportions and consuming the right amount of food and drink are conducive to achieving, improving, enhancing and maintaining a healthy body weight (National Health Service (NHS), 2022) and health by reduction of the risk of chronic illness (WHO, 2020).
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- Orthorexia NervosaCurrent Understanding and Perspectives, pp. 3 - 12Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024