Anorexia nervosa risk factors
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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