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Orthorexia Nervosa: Medicine, Media, and the Co-Production of a Diagnosis

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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