Background Risk factors represent a range of complex variables associated with the onset,
development, and course of eating disorders. Understanding these risk factors is vital for the …

Abstract Objective In 2015, the Academy for Eating Disorders collaborated with international
patient, advocacy, and parent organizations to craft the 'Nine Truths About Eating Disorders' …

This study sought to examine risk and onset patterns in anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia
nervosa (BN), and binge eating disorder (BED). Women with AN (n= 71), BN (n= 66), BED …

Challenges to epidemiological studies of eating and related body image disturbance
disorders in males include, in addition to low base rates and the predominance of residual …

Research examining pubertal timing effects on psychopathology has emphasized that a
subset of adolescents, particularly females, who experience early pubertal maturation …

This article is part of a Special Issue “Puberty and Adolescence”. Puberty is one of the most
frequently discussed risk periods for the development of eating disorders. Prevailing …

It is the position of the Academy for Eating Disorders (AED) that family factors can play a role
in the genesis and maintenance of eating disorders; current knowledge refutes the idea that …

BackgroundEating behaviours in childhood are considered as risk factors for eating disorder
behaviours and diagnoses in adolescence. However, few longitudinal studies have …

Resumen PORTELA DE SANTANA, ML; DA COSTA RIBEIRO JUNIOR, H.; MORA GIRAL, M.
y RAICH, RM ª. La epidemiología y los factores de riesgo de los trastornos alimentarios en …

BackgroundThe incidence of eating disorders appears stable overall, but may be increasing
in younger age groups. Data on incidence, clinical features and outcome of early-onset …