Orthorexia Rhetorical Analysis

“Orthorexia: When eating healthy becomes an unhealthy obsession,” really made me think of how this is actually a real problem that is happening today amongst many people who believe when eating only healthy diets nothing can go wrong. Lindsey Getz explains how orthorexia isn’t a term yet recognized as a disorder, but how she is trying to widespread her audience to explain the consequences of how only eating healthy foods becomes more of an obsession (Getz). The author did have some great points on why this should be brought up to everyone before it can lead to an eating disorder and cause further damage. Three of the main reasons this article is intended for everyone to learn about, is because children are picking up on these tendencies at an early age, eliminating certain foods from your diet can become harmful, and orthorexia can lead to fixations of foods causing one to become overly stressed on only eating healthy.
Well that’s exactly what we will do someday, or are doing now; that is teaching our children the necessary things we need to do to live and be healthy. They should know that it is important to eat healthy but to not be afraid of some of the other foods that may be unhealthy, since we do need some of those foods to help us grow. In the article they mention how it becomes a child’s fear to eat unhealthy foods which can lead to disorders like anorexia, bulimia, or compulsive eating. Since they see and want to eat the exact same way their parents eat, or because they are being told what to eat is the reason why they start to overthink on making sure they never eat bad foods. According to Linda Getz, “parents should teach their children about moderation of eating unhealthy foods and to not be afraid of being around foods they believe could be harmful to their