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Genetic and environmental risk factors for the weight and shape concerns characteristic of bulimia nervosa

1 Jul 1998

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BACKGROUND: This study seeks to identify the genetic and environmental risk factors for the overvalued ideas that are characteristic of bulimia nervosa, using a biometrical model fitting approach with twin data. METHODS: The Eating Disorder Examination (EDE), which can be used to gain continuous measures of dietary restraint, eating concern, weight concern and shape concern, was administered to 325 female twins,...

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PMID: 9723134
DOI: 10.1017/s0033291798006989

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