Leena Alshaibani, Ahmed Elmasry, Ahmed Kazerooni, Joud Alsaeed, Khalwa Alsendy, Reem Alaamer, Zainab Buhassan, Raghad Alaqaili, Hadeel Ghazzawi, Seithikurippu R Pandi-Perumal, Khaled Trabelsi, Haitham Jahrami
BACKGROUND: The ORTO scale was developed in 2004 as a self-report questionnaire to assess symptoms of orthorexia nervosa (ON). ON is an unhealthy preoccupation with eating healthy food. The scale aims to measure obsessive attitudes and behaviors related to the selection, purchase, preparation, and consumption of pure, healthy food. Since its development, the ORTO-15 has been adapted into several shorter versions. The objective was to conduct a reliability generalization meta-analysis of the ORTO scale and its variant versions in all populations and languages...
March 19, 2024: Journal of Eating Disorders