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Meaning of ortorexia



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ortorexia
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It is the tendency to eat healthily and in a balanced way. In psychology it is usually taken as a pathological behavior, although in principle the name (more tight) was "ortorexia nervosa". It is a word of Greek etymology, of 959; 960; 952; 959; 962; ( "straight, correct" or 960; 949; 958; 953; 962; ( orexis "appetite" ) .

  



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Alfredo Edgardo Alvarez Ahumada

ortorexia:trastorno in food. pathological obsession with the foods considered healthy food for people.

  










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