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Filtering by: Creator Ross Arguedas, Amy A. Keyword medicalization Keyword orthorexia

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Description:: This dissertation examines the birth and rise of orthorexia nervosa, a proposed psychiatric diagnosis described as a pathological fixation with healthy eating. Orthorexia made its first public appearance in the pages of a popular magazine for yoga practitioners in 1997, and later in a self-help book on the subject. Despite...
Keyword:: health journalism, media, medicalization, orthorexia, and mediatization
Subject:: Mental health, Sociology, and Communication
Creator:: Ross Arguedas, Amy A.
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 04/29/2020
Date Created:: 2020-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: etdadmin_upload_715870 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:14974

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