In recent months, the fashion industry has been shaken as several runway models have fallen ill, and some have even died, as a result of eating disorders like anorexia. Many have been quick to blame the industry for causing eating disorders in adolescents and pre-teen. But scientific research indicates some people are actually genetically pre-disposed to eating disorders.
Studies have been conducted in several states and other countries, and many of the researchers are reaching the same conclusions. Eating disorders have long been known to run in families, but the cause was believed to be primarily environmental. A study at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill determined that genetics could account for over 56 percent of a person’s likelihood to develop an eating disorder.
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