Orthorexia nervosa is a term that may not be as widely recognized as anorexia or bulimia, yet it describes a potentially debilitating condition that has been gaining attention in the field of eating disorders. A new study published in the Journal of Eating Disorders provides evidence that individuals grappling with lower self-esteem and heightened obsessive perfectionism are more susceptible to orthorexia nervosa tendencies, which represent a pathological fixation on healthy food. Orthorexia nervosa is characterized by an excessive preoccupation with eating food that one considers healthy. It …