Friederike Barthels1, Saskia Poerschke2, Romina Müller2, Reinhard Pietrowsky2. 1. Institute of Experimental Psychology, Department of Clinical Psychology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße 1, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany. friederike.barthels@uni-duesseldorf.de. 2. Institute of Experimental Psychology, Department of Clinical Psychology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße 1, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Abstract
PURPOSE: This study aimed to analyze the association between the importance of several reasons to follow a vegan diet and the degree of orthorexic eating behavior in a sample of vegan individuals (N = 65, 53.8% women, age: M = 28.22 (SD = 9.13) years, BMI: M = 22.91 (SD = 3.44) kg/m2). RESULTS: The results reveal that orthorexic eating behavior is associated with the importance of the underlying motives health, esthetics and healing, whereas animal welfare, politics and ecology are not linked to orthorexia. CONCLUSION: Hence, this study reveals that a vegan lifestyle is not per se associated with orthorexic eating behavior, but rather that it varies with the underlying motivation for following a vegan diet.
PURPOSE: This study aimed to analyze the association between the importance of several reasons to follow a vegan diet and the degree of orthorexic eating behavior in a sample of vegan individuals (N = 65, 53.8% women, age: M = 28.22 (SD = 9.13) years, BMI: M = 22.91 (SD = 3.44) kg/m2). RESULTS: The results reveal that orthorexic eating behavior is associated with the importance of the underlying motives health, esthetics and healing, whereas animal welfare, politics and ecology are not linked to orthorexia. CONCLUSION: Hence, this study reveals that a vegan lifestyle is not per se associated with orthorexic eating behavior, but rather that it varies with the underlying motivation for following a vegan diet.
Authors: Johannes Baltasar Hessler-Kaufmann; Adrian Meule; Christina Holzapfel; Beate Brandl; Martin Greetfeld; Thomas Skurk; Sandra Schlegl; Hans Hauner; Ulrich Voderholzer Journal: Eat Weight Disord Date: 2020-04-21 Impact factor: 4.652