Orthorexia nervosa
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What is orthorexia nervosa?
Orthorexia nervosa is a syndrome in which the primary features include fear of becoming overweight, body image disturbance, and obsession with eating healthy foods.
Common symptoms reported by people with orthorexia nervosa
Treatments taken by people with orthorexia nervosa

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Compare treatments taken by people with orthorexia nervosa

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Who has orthorexia nervosa on PatientsLikeMe?
- 1 patients have this condition
- 0 new patients joined this month
- 0 say orthorexia nervosa is their primary condition
Age | Proportion | # of patients |
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<20 | 0 | |
20s | 0 | |
30s | 1 | |
40s | 0 | |
50s | 0 | |
60s | 0 | |
70+ | 0 |
Age at first symptom | Proportion | # of patients |
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0-19 years | 0 | |
20-29 years | 0 | |
30-39 years | 0 | |
40-49 years | 0 | |
50-59 years | 0 | |
60-69 years | 0 | |
70+ years | 0 |
Distribution of sex
Sex | Proportion | # of patients |
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Male | 1 | |
Female | 0 |
Diagnosis status | Proportion | # of patients |
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Diagnosed | 0 | |
Not Diagnosed | 0 |

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