Department of Psychology, Medical University of Lublin, 20-059 Lublin, Poland.
Department of Humanities and Social Medicine, Medical University of Lublin, 20-059 Lublin, Poland.
Nutrients. 2021 May 7;13(5):1568. doi: 10.3390/nu13051568.
The aim of this work was to assess orthorectic behaviors among young people and to evaluate their attitudes towards caring for their health. The study was conducted in 2019 on a group of 538 respondents aged 16-35. After analysis, 65 questionnaires were eliminated from further research, and the assessment of orthorectic disorders was performed using a method based on the modified ORTO-15 questionnaire on a group of 473 respondents. A large percentage of them exhibited an increased risk of orthorectic behaviors (32.8), which was higher among women than men (34.7% and 28.2%, respectively). People with higher risks of orthorectic disorders significantly more often reduced their consumption of foods high in fats and sugars. Attitudes of people with orthorectic disorders towards health care proved neutral, with a tendency to be positive. Nutritional behaviors observed in the studied group show some irregularities, which indicates the need for preventive and educational measures aimed at increasing awareness of the role of proper nutrition among young people. The obtained results may be the basis for further research on ON symptoms. One of the major areas of future research would be to create a reliable diagnostic tool which would allow for distinguishing between orthorexia and overdiagnosis.
本研究旨在评估年轻人的饮食正常行为，并评估他们对健康护理的态度。该研究于 2019 年在 538 名年龄在 16-35 岁的受访者中进行。分析后，从进一步研究中排除了 65 份问卷，通过对基于改良版 ORTO-15 问卷的 473 名受访者的评估，确定饮食正常障碍的风险。他们中很大一部分人表现出饮食正常行为的高风险（32.8%），女性的比例高于男性（分别为 34.7%和 28.2%）。饮食正常障碍风险较高的人明显更频繁地减少了高脂肪和高糖食物的摄入。饮食正常障碍患者对医疗保健的态度是中性的，有积极的倾向。研究组中观察到的营养行为存在一些不规律，这表明需要采取预防和教育措施，以提高年轻人对适当营养的认识。所获得的结果可能是对 ON 症状进一步研究的基础。未来研究的一个主要领域将是创建一个可靠的诊断工具，以便区分饮食正常和过度诊断。
