CONCLUSION: This study provides evidence that emotion dysregulation plays an important role in ON symptomatology. The findings suggest that when emotions feel unhelpful or uncontrollable, and maladaptive strategies like suppression are employed, individuals may seek perceived control through pathologically 'healthy' eating. There is currently no diagnosis criteria for ON, and consequently no clear treatment pathway. Our research suggests that specific aspects of emotional functioning such as...

CONCLUSION: We examined the impact of replacing an item in the EHQ-21 previously during its development process, and found that this potentially influenced the resulting factor structure. We recommend a new version of EHQ, the 18 item EHQ-18, supported by the analysis of the factorial and convergent validity, as well as the reliability. Furthermore, the findings suggest a potential discriminant validity of EHQ-18 in a diverse population, mostly speaking English as a second language.

CONCLUSIONS: This study identified fasting as a risk factor for orthorexia and other eating disorders, with orthorexia fully mediating the fasting-eating disorder relationship. Clinicians should consider both fasting and orthorexia when assessing patients at risk for eating disorders. This paper also proposes possible intervention and treatment strategies for affected individuals.

CONCLUSIONS: The current research demonstrated a relationship between Body Mass Index, physical activity, rumination, and maladaptive eating patterns including restriction of food intake, dieting, and orthorexia nervosa. These results can help with identifying physical and psychological factors associated with maladaptive eating patterns, as well as guide interventions within the Lebanese population.