15 Aug 2019 --- First defined in 1997, orthorexia nervosa is a putative eating disorder vying for a place in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), roughly meaning “eating right.” Published in Medical Humanities, Dr. Cristina Hanganu-Bresch writes that the consequences felt by sufferers of the disorder are very real and debilitating. How far it can be classified as an official disorder, however, is unclear due to a lack of extensive clinical studies and clear symptoms. In the paper, Dr. Hanganu-Bresch considers there to be a correlation between the ascent of the condition and the rise of social media health pages.
