Anna Brytek-Matera

Anna Brytek-Matera is Associate Professor, head of the Nutritional Psychology Unit, head of EAT Lab (Eating Behavior Laboratory) at the Institute of Psychology, University of Wroclaw. Guest lecturer at foreign universities (e.g. Stanford University). Author of over 110 publications. Editorial Board member: BMC Psychiatry, Eating and Weight Disorders, Journal of Health Psychology, Nutrients. Guest editor of the Psychology of Eating: Understanding of Eating Behaviours (IJERPH).

The project 

Title: Orthorexia Nervosa and its psychological and behavioural features: a cross cultural comparative research

Keywords: Orthorexia nervosa, eating disorders, eating behaviour, nutritional psychology

Selected publications

• Brytek-Matera A. (2021). The Polish version of the Düsseldorf Orthorexia Scale (PL-DOS) and its comparison with English version of the DOS (E-DOS). Eating and Weight Disorders – Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity, 26, 1223-1232
• Brytek-Matera A. (2021). Vegetarian diet and orthorexia nervosa: a review of the literature. Eating and Weight Disorders – Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity, 26, 1-11.
• Brytek-Matera A. (2020). Interaction between vegetarian versus omnivorous diet and unhealthy eating patterns (orthorexia nervosa, cognitive restraint) and body mass index in adults. Nutrients, 12(3), 646.
• Brytek-Matera A., Plasonja N., Décamps G. (2020). Assessing orthorexia nervosa: validation of the Polish version of the Eating Habits Questionnaire in a general population sample. Nutrients, 12(12), 3820.
• Brytek-Matera A., Sacre H., Staniszewska A., Hallit S. (2020). The prevalence of orthorexia nervosa in Polish and Lebanese adults and its relationship with sociodemographic variables and BMI ranges: a cross-cultural perspective. Nutrients, 12(12), 3865.
• Brytek-Matera A., Staniszewska A., Hallit S. (2020). Identifying the profile of orthorexic behavior and “normal” eating behavior with cluster analysis: a cross-sectional study among Polish adults. Nutrients, 12(11), 3490.