Obsessive Eating Disorder Can Be Mistaken As Healthy Lifestyle

OLATHE, Kan. - In this age of monster burgers and bulging waistlines, it's good to eat healthy, right? Not when it becomes an obsession. There's no official name for it yet, but many call that obsession "orthorexia."

Laura Hergert developed the obsession through junior high, high school and college. Foods were either good or bad to her. She'd eat only the good ones and she'd spent hours each day thinking about eating healthy and going online between meals and snacks to log everything she ate.

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