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Experts raise concerns about orthorexia, the unhealthy obsession with ‘pure’ eating

eating disorder

We all know about anorexia and bulimia, two well-known eating disorders where people are scared of gaining weight and don’t eat – or eat a lot and then make themselves vomit.

But, there’s a new concern on the rise that many of us might not have heard about. It’s called orthorexia.

This term was first coined in 1997 by a doctor to talk about how he was fixated on

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