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Martina Valente
Researcher at VU University Amsterdam
Publications - 8
Citations - 145
Martina Valente is an academic researcher from VU University Amsterdam. The author has contributed to research in topics: Orthorexia nervosa & Biopsychosocial model. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 8 publications receiving 54 citations.
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Shedding light upon various tools to assess orthorexia nervosa: a critical literature review with a systematic search
TL;DR: Starting from the methodological weaknesses identified by this review, it was possible to derive some suggestions for future research: developing a modern re-conceptualization of ON, comprehensive of end-user perspectives; adopting qualitative data collection techniques to gain insights into how to diagnose ON.
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"And it snowballed from there": The development of orthorexia nervosa from the perspective of people who self-diagnose.
TL;DR: This study aims to include the perspectives of those who share content about Orthorexia Nervosa on Instagram and self-diagnose with ON to trace their development of ON, gain insights into risk factors, symptoms and recovery, and explore differences with those who do not SD-ON.
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Developmental pathway of orthorexia nervosa : Factors contributing to progression from healthy eating to excessive preoccupation with healthy eating. Experiences of Dutch health professionals
TL;DR: This study is unique in its use of health professionals' experiential knowledge to assess how ON develops and who typically develops it and contributes to the sparse literature on potential ways to treat ON.
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"Keep Yourself Alive": From Healthy Eating to Progression to Orthorexia Nervosa A Mixed Methods Study among Young Women in the Netherlands.
TL;DR: Having concerns about chronic conditions were found to be significantly associated with a higher degree of preoccupation with healthy eating, resulting implicated in the possible onset of orthorexia nervosa.
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"When Are We Going to Hold Orthorexia to the Same Standard as Anorexia and Bulimia?" Exploring the Medicalization Process of Orthorexia Nervosa on Twitter.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used Conrad's concept of medicalization as a theoretical framework to explore the conversation about Orthorexia Nervosa (ON) on Twitter and found that the most popular hashtags associated with ON include #rdchat, #psychology and #doctors.