ʻO kahi maʻi ʻai i kekahi manawa keu loa, hiki i ka orthorexia ke loaʻa nā hopena koʻikoʻi ma ka kino et ka manaʻo. ʻO ia ka manaʻo nui i ka ʻai ʻana i ke olakino e hoʻomalu i ke ʻano o ke ola a me ka noʻonoʻo.

E pili ana nā pilikia i ka oolea orthorexia a me ka ʻai i koi ʻia ai ke kanaka.

I nā hihia ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi, ʻaʻole ʻoi aku ka pilikia o ka orthorexia ma mua o nā mea i loaʻa i ka poʻe ma hope o a papaʻai vegetarian (ʻai ʻole ka ʻai ʻana i ka ʻiʻo holoholona) a i ʻole ʻO Vegan (ʻO ka meaʻai me ka hoʻohui i ko lākou ʻiʻo, nā meaʻai i loaʻa a hana ʻia e nā holoholona e like me nā hua manu a me ka gelatin).

Hoʻokuʻu ʻia i ka ʻoi loa, makaʻu orthorexia hiki ke hana malnutrition a make. ʻO ke ʻano o nā hemahema (nā huaora, nā minela, a me nā meaʻai ʻē aʻe) he mea maʻamau ma muli o ka ʻai ʻoi loa. Hiki i kēia mau hemahema ke hoʻopilikia nāʻiʻo (me ka puʻuwai), ka os (ka pilikia o ka nāwaliwali o nā iwi a i ʻole ka osteoporosis mua loa), hana hormonal a me ka ka lolo. Weight lilo hiki ke nānā 'ia ka mea nui.

Hoʻopilikia i kā lākou ʻimi no ka meaʻai kūpono, hiki i kahi kanaka orthorexic kaʻawale pilikanaka a lilo ka makemake i ke ola. Hiki i ka nānā ʻana i ka meaʻai ke alakaʻi i ka noho kaʻawale, ka haʻalele iā ʻoe iho, i kekahi manawa hoʻopau i nā haʻawina a i ʻole ka hana ʻoihana, a hoʻonui i nā maʻi ʻai, hana i kahi pōʻai ʻino.