Abstract

LEON HERNANDEZ, Rodrigo César  and  AIZPURU DE LA PORTILLA, Araceli. Family Eating Disorders antecedent and symptomatology in women with an Eating Disorder (ED). Rev. Mex. de trastor. aliment [online]. 2010, vol.1, n.2, pp.112-118. ISSN 2007-1523.

The purposes of study were: 1) To detect the family eating disorders in mexican patients with eating disorders and 2) In which ways this family antecedent affects its development in this pathology. The sample was formed by n= 44 women. The results showed that 40% reported family eating disorders antecedent. It also revealed that this group has the highest EAT-40 total, and in the factors: motivation to loose weight, avoidance of fattening food, constant concern about food, obsessions and compulsions, and compensatory behaviors, compared to the group that doesn't present family eating disorder antecedent. This discovery allows concluding that the magnitude of the symptomatology is bigger whit the presence oh this antecedent.

Keywords : symptomatology; eating disorder; familiar antecedents.

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