World Journal of
Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences

A REVIEW ARTICLE ON ORTHOREXIA NERVOSA

Smitha N., Arathi T. V.* and Hemanth C. K.

ABSTRACT

By American doctor Steven Bratman, M.D., in 1997. He made the argument that some people's dietary restrictions, which are meant to promote health, may paradoxically have the opposite effect, resulting in unhealthy side effects like social isolation, anxiety, the inability to eat in a natural, intuitive way, a decrease in interest in the full range of other healthy human activities, and, in rare instances, severe malnutrition or even death.[1] The incidence rate per 100 000 person-years was 13.7 (95% CI 12.9-14.5) overall, 25.7 (95% CI 24.1-27.3) for females, and 2.3 (95% CI 1.8-2.8) for males. The fact that orthorexia nervosa does not disproportionately impact one gender is another way in which it differs from anorexia nervosa. According to studies, there are no appreciable variations in the prevalence of orthorexia nervosa between men and women. Psychotherapy or medication are typically used to treat orthorexia.

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