The genetics of eating disorders

SE Trace, JH Baker, E Peñas-Lledó… - Annual review of …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Over the past decade, considerable advances have been made in understanding genetic
influences on eating pathology. Eating disorders aggregate in families, and twin studies …

How does the social environment 'get into the mind'? Epigenetics at the intersection of social and psychiatric epidemiology

S Toyokawa, M Uddin, KC Koenen, S Galea - Social science & medicine, 2012 - Elsevier
The social environment plays a considerable role in determining major psychiatric disorders.
Emerging evidence suggests that features of the social environment modify gene expression …

Prevalence and correlates of eating disorders in adolescents: Results from the national comorbidity survey replication adolescent supplement

SA Swanson, SJ Crow, D Le Grange… - Archives of general …, 2011 - jamanetwork.com
Context Eating disorders are severe conditions, but little is known about the prevalence or
correlates of these disorders from population-based surveys of adolescents. Objectives To …

[图书][B] The handbook of child and adolescent clinical psychology: A contextual approach

A Carr - 2015 - taylorfrancis.com
The third edition of the hugely successful Handbook of Child and Adolescent Clinical
Psychology incorporates important advances in the field to provide a reliable and accessible …

Mirror extreme BMI phenotypes associated with gene dosage at the chromosome 16p11. 2 locus

S Jacquemont, A Reymond, F Zufferey, L Harewood… - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
Both obesity and being underweight have been associated with increased mortality,.
Underweight, defined as a body mass index (BMI)≤ 18.5 kg per m2 in adults and≤− 2 …

Melanocortin-4 receptor in energy homeostasis and obesity pathogenesis

A Hinney, AL Volckmar, N Knoll - Progress in molecular biology and …, 2013 - Elsevier
The melanocortin-4 receptor gene (MC4R) has intensively been analyzed in molecular
genetic obesity research. Decreased MC4R activity leads to obesity. Currently 166 …

Eating disorders: progress and challenges

R Dalle Grave - European Journal of Internal Medicine, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Eating disorders are common health problems afflicting mainly female
adolescents and young women. They are associated with important physical health and …

Methylation of BDNF in women with bulimic eating syndromes: associations with childhood abuse and borderline personality disorder

L Thaler, L Gauvin, R Joober, P Groleau… - Progress in Neuro …, 2014 - Elsevier
DNA methylation allows for the environmental regulation of gene expression and is believed
to link environmental stressors to such mental-illness phenotypes as eating disorders …

Executive functioning in anorexia nervosa patients and their unaffected relatives

E Galimberti, E Fadda, MC Cavallini, RM Martoni… - Psychiatry …, 2013 - Elsevier
Formal genetic studies suggested a substantial genetic influence for anorexia nervosa (AN),
but currently results are inconsistent. The use of the neurocognitive endophenotype …

Sex differences in adolescent anorexia and bulimia nervosa: beyond the signs and symptoms

CA Timko, L DeFilipp, A Dakanalis - Current psychiatry reports, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review We review research related to sex differences in eating
disorders (EDs) in adolescents. Prior work has explored clinical differences; thus, we …