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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:
Overview
Risk Factors
Risk factors for bulimia nervosa include:
- Childhood obesity
- Childhood sexual or physical abuse
- Depressive symptoms
- Early pubertal maturation
- Genetic predisposition
- Internalization of a thin body ideal
- Low self-esteem
- Over anxious disorder of childhood
- Social anxiety disorder
- Weight concerns
The groups listed below are considered to be at the highest risk:
- Those of age 10 through to 25 (though typically bulimia tends to start in late teens or early 20s)
- Athletes
- Those with/with a history of anorexia
- Students who are under heavy workloads
- Those who have suffered traumatic events in their lifetime such as child abuse and sexual abuse
- People raised in dysfunctional families
- Those positioned higher on the socioeconomic scale
- The highly intelligent and/or high-achievers[1]
- Perfectionists