What factors are known to increase the risk of an eating disorder? Which of these do you think is most applicable to all forms of disordered eating?


Among the factors that increase the risk of eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are genetic predisposition; preoccupation with a thin body; social pressure; perfectionism and excessive cautiousness, which can reflect an obsessive-compulsive personality; difficult life transitions, such as puberty and the transition from adolescence to adulthood. Distress about body image increases the risk of all forms of disordered eating.?

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