When it comes to anorexia genes seems to be the most responsible. Family should not feel the burden that some assign to them without any base but the environment is still an important factor. If it is poor it will trigger the gene.
There is no scientific evidence to support the recent statement of supermodel Gisela Bundchen that anorexia occurs in families that do not support, say experts.
Allegations that the family is responsible for anorexia, a disorder that is characterized by deliberate weight loss to the state of exhaustion, and serious life threat and obsessive fear of weight gain, are causing damage on several levels, warns Dr. Allan S. Kaplan, expert on eating disorders at the University of Toronto.
Because of the stigma sick person falls even deeper and it is harder to get them help, says Kaplan, adding that such an opinion also misinforms health insurance and they may not pay for treatment of that biologically based illnesses if they think that the main cause of it is family dysfunction.
A series of recent studies in which were involved twins showed "quite convincingly that genes are very important and probably more important than the influence of the environment as to the vulnerability to develop anorexia," said Dr. Walter H. Kaye, professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh.
"Many people keep a diet, but relatively small number finishes with anorexia," said Kaye, adding that very few women, fewer than half a percent, develop anorexia.
However, he said that the pressure in society is also important, and that some trigger in the environment can cause a phenomenon of anorexia in people who are genetically prone to it.
There is no scientific evidence to support the recent statement of supermodel Gisela Bundchen that anorexia occurs in families that do not support, say experts.
Allegations that the family is responsible for anorexia, a disorder that is characterized by deliberate weight loss to the state of exhaustion, and serious life threat and obsessive fear of weight gain, are causing damage on several levels, warns Dr. Allan S. Kaplan, expert on eating disorders at the University of Toronto.
Because of the stigma sick person falls even deeper and it is harder to get them help, says Kaplan, adding that such an opinion also misinforms health insurance and they may not pay for treatment of that biologically based illnesses if they think that the main cause of it is family dysfunction.
A series of recent studies in which were involved twins showed "quite convincingly that genes are very important and probably more important than the influence of the environment as to the vulnerability to develop anorexia," said Dr. Walter H. Kaye, professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh.
"Many people keep a diet, but relatively small number finishes with anorexia," said Kaye, adding that very few women, fewer than half a percent, develop anorexia.
However, he said that the pressure in society is also important, and that some trigger in the environment can cause a phenomenon of anorexia in people who are genetically prone to it.
