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Posted on: 10/14/2008
Question
what is the percentage of people with orthorexia nervosa?
Answer
This is not an easy answer because orthorexia is not completely an accepted disease, so the definition is fuzzy, therefore the questions used in surveys to describe it are still not accepted.
We do know that between one and four percent of the U.S. population experience an eating disorder during their lifetime and that about 10% of those are male. I hope that helps!