Orthorexia nervosa, eating patterns and personality traits: a cross-cultural comparison of Italian, Polish and Spanish university students

Abstract Background The amount of research about orthorexic attitudes and behaviours has increased in the last five years, but is still mainly based on descriptive and anecdotal data, yielding a variety of prevalence data and inconsistent results. The interplay between socio-cultural context and ort...

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Main Authors: Carla Gramaglia, Eleonora Gambaro, Claudia Delicato, Marco Marchetti, Marco Sarchiapone, Daniela Ferrante, María Roncero, Conxa Perpiñá, Anna Brytek-Matera, Ewa Wojtyna, Patrizia Zeppegno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:BMC Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12888-019-2208-2