NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Taken together, eating disorders affect up to 5% of the population, most often develop in adolescence and young adulthood. Several, especially anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are more common in women, but they can all occur at any age and affect any gender.

Detailed explanation-2: -Gender is a relevant factor in the etiology of eating disorders (ED) as evidenced by gender-specific components of disordered eating and by the high risk of ED among transgender individuals, in addition to other factors. However, research on connections between ED and gender identity are limited.

Detailed explanation-3: -Most women do not suffer from a clinical eating disorder, yet so many have an unhealthy relationship with food and measure their self-worth by dress size or the number on a scale. From an early age, women are bombarded with messages about what to eat and how their bodies should look.

Detailed explanation-4: -Women have 1.75-3 times as high lifetime prevalence for anorexia, bulimia, or BED as compared to men. Men are three times more likely than women to have subthreshold BED. This means the disordered eating is significant but does not meet all the criteria for an official diagnosis.