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Orthorexia Nervosa is one of the newest eating disorders to be classified. The disease stems from the urge to eat only healthy foods, which often translates into eating too little food and suffering from malnutrition. Some vegans suffer from this eating disorder, and several children have died after their parents tried to feed them too little food out of fear of unhealthy foods. Fad diets sometimes contribute to this disorder, as fad diets generally encourage too little variety in the diet.

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While anorexia nervosa garners a lot of press, there are several other eating disorders that are just as dangerous but not as well known. One of the newest eating disorders to be identified is orthorexia nervosa. While there are cases of sufferers who have died from starvation because of the disorder, the main goal of the eating pattern is usually not to lose weight, but simply to improve overall health.

Orthorexia nervosa can lead to malnutrition and starvation, depending on what principles of nutrition the sufferer is following. There have been several cases of people starving to death on raw food diets, which often don´t meet standard nutritional guidelines. In one case, a family who followed a diet of only raw foods suffered the loss of their child to starvation. The case highlighted the danger of following fad diets too strictly and how little some people understand these diets.

The situation gets worse when parents adhere too strictly to a diet that they are not well educated about. Vegan diets have been responsible for many cases of malnutrition and starvation, particularly when children are subjected to a misunderstood version of the diet by their parents. When balanced with protein, carbohydrates and enough nourishment from plant-based foods, a vegan diet can be healthy. But, there are many vegans who lack the appropriate knowledge to balance such a diet. In cases in Georgia and New York, infants have died of starvation when their vegan parents fed them inappropriate items for their age in order to keep them on what they perceived as the vegan diet.

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