Orthorexia nervosa, eating patterns and personality traits: a cross-cultural comparison of Italian, Polish and Spanish university students.
Carla GramagliaEleonora GambaroClaudia DelicatoMarco MarchettiMarco SarchiaponeDaniela FerranteMaría RonceroConxa PerpiñáAnna Brytek-MateraEwa WojtynaPatrizia ZeppegnoPublished in: BMC psychiatry (2019)
The associations found between orthorexic attitudes, self-reported current eating disorder, BMI and adherence to a dieting need to be supported by further research. The differences among students from the three countries seem to suggest a possible rolve for cultural elements in the construct of orthorexia.