--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just came across this. Know anyone or groups of people like this?
I once drew a cartoon that we included in a newsletter to prospective teachers of residence courses, covering things to look out for and be aware of, should they come up. The cartoon shows a lunchroom, with groups of people sitting together and eating and talking, but one guy is sitting all alone. Two more people are about to sit down with their trays of food, and one is saying to the other, "You don't want to sit with him...he's just read a diet book that changed his life." :-) > * Orthorexia nervosa > > o Not an official eating disorder diagnosis, but the concept > is useful. The name was coined by Steven Bratman, M.D. to describe "a > pathological fixation on eating "proper" or "pure" or "superior" food. > > o People with orthorexia nervosa feel superior to others who > eat "improper" food, which might include non-organic or junk foods and > items found in regular grocery stores, as opposed to health food stores. > > o Orthorexics obsess over what to eat, how much to eat, how > to prepare food "properly," and where to obtain "pure" and "proper" > foods. > > o Eating the "right" food becomes an important ,or even the > primary, focus of life. One's worth or goodness is seen in terms of > what one does or does not eat. Personal values, relationships, career > goals, and friendships become less important than the quality and > timing of what is consumed. > > o Perhaps related to, or a type of, obsessive-compulsive > disorder > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
