Orthorexia: Anxiety of Healthy Eating

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Kimberley Quinlan is a psychotherapist at the OCD Center of Los Angeles. She discusses the disorder Orthorexia Nervosa, a condition where people become obsessed with eating healthily.

This segment includes an excerpt from The Terrible Tragedy of the Healthy Eater. It first appeared on Erica’s Strauss’s blog, Northwest Edible Life nwedible.com, and was then republished in 2013’s Best Food Writing compendium.

Music: "Soul Dressing" by Booker T and "Ways to Go" by Grouplove