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==Risk factors== | ==Risk factors== | ||
* | *Female gender | ||
*Being more worried about, or paying more attention to [[weight]] and shape | * White ethnicity | ||
*Certain social or cultural ideas about health and beauty | * High socio-economic status | ||
*First-degree biological relatives of individuals with the disorder<ref name=DSMV>{{cite book | title = Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders : DSM-5 | publisher = American Psychiatric Association | location = Washington, D.C | year = 2013 | isbn = 0890425558 }}</ref> | * Being more worried about, or paying more attention to [[weight]] and shape | ||
*Having a negative self-image | * Certain social or cultural ideas about health and beauty | ||
*Having an anxiety disorder as a child | * First-degree biological relatives of individuals with the disorder<ref name=DSMV>{{cite book | title = Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders : DSM-5 | publisher = American Psychiatric Association | location = Washington, D.C | year = 2013 | isbn = 0890425558 }}</ref> | ||
*Having eating problems during [[infancy]] or early childhood | * Having a negative self-image | ||
*Monozygotic twins<ref name=DSMV>{{cite book | title = Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders : DSM-5 | publisher = American Psychiatric Association | location = Washington, D.C | year = 2013 | isbn = 0890425558 }}</ref> | * Having an anxiety disorder as a child | ||
*Obsessional traits in childhood<ref name=DSMV>{{cite book | title = Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders : DSM-5 | publisher = American Psychiatric Association | location = Washington, D.C | year = 2013 | isbn = 0890425558 }}</ref> | * Having eating problems during [[infancy]] or early childhood | ||
*Occupations and avocations that encourage thinness<ref name=DSMV>{{cite book | title = Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders : DSM-5 | publisher = American Psychiatric Association | location = Washington, D.C | year = 2013 | isbn = 0890425558 }}</ref> | * Monozygotic twins<ref name=DSMV>{{cite book | title = Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders : DSM-5 | publisher = American Psychiatric Association | location = Washington, D.C | year = 2013 | isbn = 0890425558 }}</ref> | ||
* Obsessional traits in childhood<ref name=DSMV>{{cite book | title = Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders : DSM-5 | publisher = American Psychiatric Association | location = Washington, D.C | year = 2013 | isbn = 0890425558 }}</ref> | |||
* Occupations and avocations that encourage thinness<ref name=DSMV>{{cite book | title = Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders : DSM-5 | publisher = American Psychiatric Association | location = Washington, D.C | year = 2013 | isbn = 0890425558 }}</ref> | |||
:*Elite athletics<ref name=DSMV>{{cite book | title = Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders : DSM-5 | publisher = American Psychiatric Association | location = Washington, D.C | year = 2013 | isbn = 0890425558 }}</ref> | :*Elite athletics<ref name=DSMV>{{cite book | title = Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders : DSM-5 | publisher = American Psychiatric Association | location = Washington, D.C | year = 2013 | isbn = 0890425558 }}</ref> | ||
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*Trying to be perfect or overly focused on rules | *Trying to be perfect or overly focused on rules | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Kiran Singh, M.D. [2]
Overview
Risk factors for anorexia nervosa include first-degree biological relatives with the disorder, anxiety disorder and obsessional traits in childhood, and negative self image among others.
Risk factors
- Female gender
- White ethnicity
- High socio-economic status
- Being more worried about, or paying more attention to weight and shape
- Certain social or cultural ideas about health and beauty
- First-degree biological relatives of individuals with the disorder[1]
- Having a negative self-image
- Having an anxiety disorder as a child
- Having eating problems during infancy or early childhood
- Monozygotic twins[1]
- Obsessional traits in childhood[1]
- Occupations and avocations that encourage thinness[1]
- Elite athletics[1]
- Modeling[1]
- Trying to be perfect or overly focused on rules