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Orthorexia is associated with a paradoxical appetitive gastric response to unhealthy foods

2025-07-03

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Orthorexia involves an obsessive tendency towards "healthy" foods. It is a risk factor for eating disorders (anorexia nervosa and the proposed "orthorexia nervosa") and psychological distress, but its biological mechanism remains unknown. We hypothesised that this mechanism operates through the stomach: increased gastric power differentiates appetising from unappetising foods, vagal stimulation reduces food liking...

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Literature Corpus work: 1b2f67b2-4b77-5c00-b213-a360da32ec9b
DOI: 10.1101/2025.06.27.661259

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