Orthorexia nervosa: Reflections about a new concept;Ortorexia nervosa: Reflexões sobre um novo conceito

Revista de Nutricao

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 345-357

  Martins, Márcia Cristina Teixeira ^a   Alvarenga, Marle Dos Santos ^b   Vargas, Sílvia Viviane Alves ^a   Sato, Karen Sayuri Cabral De Jesus ^a   Scagliusi, Fernanda Baeza ^c  

^a Centro Universitário Adventista de São Paulo   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Eating disorders; Feeding; Food habits; Human nutrition; Orthorexia nervosa

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961091422     PISSN: 14155273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-52732011000200015     Document Type: Article

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