Evaluation of Orthorexia Nervosa and Symptomatology Associated with Eating Disorders among European University Students: A Multicentre Cross-Sectional Study

The objectives of the present study were to (1) evaluate prevalence of orthorexia nervosa (ON) in university students in Spain and Poland, (2) assess differences in ON and eating disorder (ED) pathology in both samples and (3) examine the relationship between ON and ED symptoms among Spanish and Pol...

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Autores principales: Brytek-Matera, Anna, Onieva-Zafra, María Dolores, Parra-Fernández, María Laura, Staniszewska, Anna, Modrzejewska, Justyna, Fernández-Martínez, Elia
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7760249/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33271906
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu12123716
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author Brytek-Matera, Anna
Onieva-Zafra, María Dolores
Parra-Fernández, María Laura
Staniszewska, Anna
Modrzejewska, Justyna
Fernández-Martínez, Elia
author_facet Brytek-Matera, Anna
Onieva-Zafra, María Dolores
Parra-Fernández, María Laura
Staniszewska, Anna
Modrzejewska, Justyna
Fernández-Martínez, Elia
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description The objectives of the present study were to (1) evaluate prevalence of orthorexia nervosa (ON) in university students in Spain and Poland, (2) assess differences in ON and eating disorder (ED) pathology in both samples and (3) examine the relationship between ON and ED symptoms among Spanish and Polish university students. Eight hundred and sixty university students participated in the present study (M(age) = 21.17 ± 3.38; M(BMI) = 22.57 ± 3.76). The Spanish and Polish samples comprised 485 and 375 students, respectively. The Düsseldorf Orthorexia Scale and the Eating Disorder Inventory were used in the present study. ON prevalence rates of 2.3% and 2.9%, respectively, are found in the Spanish and Polish samples. Compared to Polish students, Spanish university students reported increased drive for thinness and lower body dissatisfaction, lower level of ineffectiveness and lower level of interpersonal distrust. ON was positively related to drive for thinness, bulimia, body dissatisfaction, perfectionism interoceptive awareness (in both Spanish and Polish students) and ineffectiveness (in Spanish students). Our findings suggest that ON significantly overlaps with ED symptoms, which is in line with recent studies. Longitudinal studies are needed to assess how ON develops in a sample of young adults and whether it develops in isolation of or in parallel with ED pathology.
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spelling pubmed-77602492020-12-26 Evaluation of Orthorexia Nervosa and Symptomatology Associated with Eating Disorders among European University Students: A Multicentre Cross-Sectional Study Brytek-Matera, Anna Onieva-Zafra, María Dolores Parra-Fernández, María Laura Staniszewska, Anna Modrzejewska, Justyna Fernández-Martínez, Elia Nutrients Article The objectives of the present study were to (1) evaluate prevalence of orthorexia nervosa (ON) in university students in Spain and Poland, (2) assess differences in ON and eating disorder (ED) pathology in both samples and (3) examine the relationship between ON and ED symptoms among Spanish and Polish university students. Eight hundred and sixty university students participated in the present study (M(age) = 21.17 ± 3.38; M(BMI) = 22.57 ± 3.76). The Spanish and Polish samples comprised 485 and 375 students, respectively. The Düsseldorf Orthorexia Scale and the Eating Disorder Inventory were used in the present study. ON prevalence rates of 2.3% and 2.9%, respectively, are found in the Spanish and Polish samples. Compared to Polish students, Spanish university students reported increased drive for thinness and lower body dissatisfaction, lower level of ineffectiveness and lower level of interpersonal distrust. ON was positively related to drive for thinness, bulimia, body dissatisfaction, perfectionism interoceptive awareness (in both Spanish and Polish students) and ineffectiveness (in Spanish students). Our findings suggest that ON significantly overlaps with ED symptoms, which is in line with recent studies. Longitudinal studies are needed to assess how ON develops in a sample of young adults and whether it develops in isolation of or in parallel with ED pathology. MDPI 2020-12-01 /pmc/articles/PMC7760249/ /pubmed/33271906 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu12123716 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Onieva-Zafra, María Dolores
Parra-Fernández, María Laura
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Modrzejewska, Justyna
Fernández-Martínez, Elia
Evaluation of Orthorexia Nervosa and Symptomatology Associated with Eating Disorders among European University Students: A Multicentre Cross-Sectional Study
title Evaluation of Orthorexia Nervosa and Symptomatology Associated with Eating Disorders among European University Students: A Multicentre Cross-Sectional Study
title_full Evaluation of Orthorexia Nervosa and Symptomatology Associated with Eating Disorders among European University Students: A Multicentre Cross-Sectional Study
title_fullStr Evaluation of Orthorexia Nervosa and Symptomatology Associated with Eating Disorders among European University Students: A Multicentre Cross-Sectional Study
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of Orthorexia Nervosa and Symptomatology Associated with Eating Disorders among European University Students: A Multicentre Cross-Sectional Study
title_short Evaluation of Orthorexia Nervosa and Symptomatology Associated with Eating Disorders among European University Students: A Multicentre Cross-Sectional Study
title_sort evaluation of orthorexia nervosa and symptomatology associated with eating disorders among european university students: a multicentre cross-sectional study
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33271906
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu12123716
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