The various facets of orthorexic eating behavior: five case reports of individuals with supposed orthorexia nervosa

Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the presented cases

Case	A	B	C	D	E
Age (in years)	27	20	53	20	21
Gender	Female	Female	Male	Male	Female
BMI kg/m²	26.5	15.1	24.2	24.4	21.3
Eating habits*	Not specified	Vegan	Fasting	Vegetarian	Partly vegetarian, diet for weight loss
DOS score T1	30	33	40	27	35
DOS score T2	32	33	40	26	33

BMI, Body-Mass-Index; DOS, Düsseldorf Orthorexia Scale. *Self-description of the participant; T1, DOS score assessed at the time of the participant’s study registration; T2, DOS score assessed a few days to weeks later in the interview on the participant’s eating behavior

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