Prenatal and perinatal risk factors for eating disorders in women: A population cohort study.

Hunna J WatsonElizabeth W DiemerStephanie ZerwasKristin GustavsonGun Peggy KnudsenLeila TorgersenTed Reichborn-KjennerudCynthia M Bulik

Published in: The International journal of eating disorders (2019)

Results of this study, which include the first known investigation of prenatal and perinatal factors in binge-eating disorder and PD, suggest that fetal programming may be relevant to the development of anorexia nervosa and binge-eating disorder. Future genetically informative research is needed to help disentangle whether these associations are a function of genetic influences or a true environmental fetal programming effect.

Keyphrases

pregnant women
anorexia nervosa
pregnancy outcomes
polycystic ovary syndrome
current status
genome wide
risk assessment
copy number
gene expression
human health
adipose tissue
climate change
breast cancer risk