Obsessing over healthy eating can become unhealthy, says VIU researcher
Becoming preoccupied with clean eating can be a problem, says a university researcher in Nanaimo. Isabelle Desrosiers, a Vancouver Island University psychology major graduate, conducted research into the “often-overlooked eating disorder known as orthorexia nervosa, where a person will obsess over the concept of only eating ‘pure’ or ‘healthy’ foods,” a VIU press release stated. Concerns about…