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Health Encyclopedia: Eating Disorders Risk Factors

Risk Factors


Many factors contribute to the risk of developing an eating disorder.

Age

Dating disorders occur most often in adolescents and young adults. However, new research finds that they are increasingly prevalent among young children. Eating disorders are more difficult to identify in young children because they are rarely suspected.

Age of Onset for Bulimia. A 2004 study of high school students in the United States found that about 25% of girls and 10% of boys followed abnormal eating and wei...

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Expert & Community Posts

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Predicting Schizophrenia
By Jerry Kennard , Health Expert

...system (DSM-IV-TR and ICD-10) refers to schizotypal personality disorder. In fact two categories... Read more »

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Is It Bipolar? Or Is It Something Else?
By John McManamy , Health Expert

...distinction between various mood (and other) disorders and personality disorders. The... Read more »

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Some hope for Borderline Personality Disorder
By Deborah Gray , Health Expert

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), a personality disorder that is often accompanied by... Read more »

Health Guide

Depression Risk
...depression, particularly after an adverse life event. In line with these findings, the following specific personality disorders have been associated not only to a first episode of depression, but... Read more »
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Causes
...be fully understood, however. Studies have not found any consistent association between emotional or personality disorders and CFS to explain a causal role. Psychological factors, then, are... Read more »
Eating Disorders: Introduction
...are behavioral issues brought on by a complex interplay of factors, which may include emotional and personality disorders, family pressures, a possible genetic or biologic susceptibility, and a... Read more »
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Risk Factors
...childhood. The bottom line is that studies have not found any consistent association between emotional or personality disorders and CFS to explain any causal role. Some may however, serve as a... Read more »
Cataracts: Diagnosis
Either an ophthalmologist or an optometrist can examine patients for cataracts, but only ophthalmologists are qualified to treat cataracts.An ophthalmologist is a doctor who specializes in... Read more »

Medications

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...you have a history of alcoholism, drug abuse, or personality disorder. In such cases, if you... Read more »

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...you have a history of alcoholism, drug abuse, or personality disorder. In such cases, if you... Read more »

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