Clean eating diets have become increasingly popular over the past few years. Liveing's story highlights how focusing on achieving an unrealistic health ideal – in this case, the perfect, healthy diet – can run the risk of becoming all-consuming and "addictive". For some, this fixation with healthy eating and the pursuit of the "perfect diet" may even result in orthorexia …
Some children show signs of perfectionism from early on. Signs of perfectionistic concerns in children and adolescents may include: -Children being highly critical of themselves -Their reactions to mistakes seeming to be an overreaction -Intense preoccupation and worry over their standards and goals and/or procrastination -Significant change in performance, for example, lower academic results -Irritability and negative emotions, stress and …
