Healthy eating without obsession: beware of orthorexia

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When it comes to eating, some people want to do so well that every meal becomes a headache, even an obsession. Lʹorthorexia is a set of eating practices characterized by the obsessive desire to exclusively eat healthy food, while systematically refusing any food perceived as unhealthy. This can become disabling, generate suffering and develop into a full-blown eating disorder. How can we spot possible worrying signs, and should we apply official recommendations to the letter?