Evaluation of factors related to organic food consumption and orthorexia nervosa tendencies

• Published in: Food science & nutrition 2024-05, Vol.12 (5), p.3585-3592
• Main Authors: Bozkurt, Osman, Kocaadam‐Bozkurt, Betul
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adults; awareness; Biodiversity; Body mass index; Body weight; Climate change; Consumers; Eating behavior; Ecological footprint; Emissions; Energy consumption; Food; Food consumption; Food products; Footprint analysis; Greenhouse gases; Lifestyles; Likert scale; Medical personnel; Natural & organic foods; Natural resources; Nutrition research; obesity; organic food consumption; Original; orthorexia nervosa; Questionnaires; Young adults
• ISSN: 2048-7177; 2048-7177
• DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.4029

The relationship between organic food consumption, awareness of reducing ecological footprint, and orthorexia nervosa (ON) tendencies has yet to be explored in detail. This study aimed to determine factors related to organic food consumption and ON tendencies in young adults. Also, the relationship between organic food consumption, awareness of reducing ecological footprint, and ON tendencies was investigated. This study was conducted with 887 young adults (58.4% female, 41.6% male, aged 18–25 years, mean age 20.8 ± 2.55 years). Study data were obtained with a web‐based questionnaire. The questionnaire included socio‐demographic characteristics, anthropometric measurements, the Organic Food Consumption Scale (OFC), ORTO‐11, and the Awareness Scale for Reducing Ecological Footprint (ASREF). While 17.2% were overweight or obese, 74.9% had a normal body weight. There were no differences by sex in terms of ORTO‐11, OFC, and ASREF total scores (p > .05). Significant positive correlations were found between ASREF and OFC (p