us â /kloÊz, kloÊÃ°z/. âº things you wear to cover your body and keep you warm, to be comfortable, or for the way they make you look: Iâve got all these clothes that I never wear. (Definition of âclothesâ from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary Â© Cambridge University Press) Translations of âclothesâ.
Orthorexia nervosa is an eating disorder that was first discovered in 1997 by Dr. Steven Bratman. Dr. Bratman defines orthorexia as an unhealthy obsession with healthy foods.
Orthorexia is evolving. I initially described orthorexia nervosa based on patterns I observed while studying and practicing alternative medicine. Most of the people I had in mind were trying to treat or prevent illness by following one or another dietary theory.