Prevalência de comportamentos ortoréxicos e variáveis relacionadas em estudantes de nutrição – Uma Revisão de Literatura

Abstract

Nervous Orthorexy (NO) is an excessive fixation on healthy eating, manifested by an obsession with consuming only biologically pure food, resulting in restrictive practices. An integrative literature review was conducted to analyze the prevalence of orthorexic behaviors and the variables associated with this behavior, with a specific focus on nutrition students. Articles were selected from March to October 2023 using the Capes Periodics. Duplicates, case reports, and documents prior to 2014 were excluded. Most studies identified high rates of orthorexic behaviors through the Orto-15 questionnaire, but no significant correlations were found between ON, BMI, body image disorder, dissatisfaction with body image, course period and use of social media. Therefore, it is worth noting the significant importance of expanding research on this topic, as university students in the health field are highly susceptible to adopting risk behaviors associated to ON.