A comparative study of orthorexia between premenopausal, perimenopausal, and postmenopausal women.

Purpose: Studies suggested that menopause is a period of vulnerability for disordered eating behaviors, but whether menopause could be linked to orthorexia nervosa (ON) remains unexplored.

Methods: A sample composed of 709 women aged between 30 and 71 years (mean age = 43.08 years, SD = 9.