Eating disorders (EDs) are serious psychiatric conditions influenced by biological,
psychological, and sociocultural factors. A better understanding of the genetics of these …

Anorexia nervosa is a severe and complex disorder with incompletely known vulnerability
factors. It is generally recognized that anorexia nervosa is a familial disorder, but the majority …

Anorexia nervosa (AN) and related eating disorders are complex, multifactorial
neuropsychiatric conditions with likely rare and common genetic and environmental …

Objectives: Patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) are ideally suited to identify differentially
methylated genes in response to starvation. Methods: We examined high-throughput DNA …

Importance Observational studies have associated anorexia nervosa with circadian rhythms
and sleep traits. However, the direction of causality and the extent of confounding by …

Objective To examine sex differences in risk factors for anorexia nervosa (AN). Method This
population‐based study involved 44,743 individuals (6,239 AN cases including 5,818 …

Objective Although low weight is a key factor contributing to the high mortality in anorexia
nervosa (AN), it is unclear how AN patients sustain low weight compared with bulimia …

Background. Genetic and environmental influences on broadly-defined anorexia nervosa
(AN) syndrome were examined in a population-based twin sample. Methods. AN syndrome …

BackgroundAnorexia nervosa (AN) is associated with behavioral traits that predate the onset
of AN and persist after recovery. We identified patterns of behavioral traits in AN trios …

Eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge-eating disorder,
have a deep social impact, concluding with death in cases of severe disease. Eating …