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Why Do People Develop Eating Disorders?

Why do people develop eating disorders? This is a question Jennifer Lombardi, Executive Director at California Eating Recovery Center gets asked a lot by patients and family members. She explains how eating disorders often act as a coping mechanism for other disorders or general issues a person may be facing. There is never one reason a person struggles with an eating disorder. Jennifer gives five main risk factors as to why people develop eating disorders. First, research shows most people with eating disorders either have or in the past have struggled with generalized anxiety and/or depression before the eating disorder came into the picture. Second, certain personality traits and temperaments such as indecisiveness, the inability to cope with change or stress, and perfectionism all put people at greater risk for eating disorders. Third, culture and society put negative stigma on body image, thus setting the stage for the development of eating disorders. Fourth, understanding an individuals relationships and how they handle conflict and change in social dynamics plays a vital role in understanding what is going on beyond the surface of the eating disorder. Finally, trauma or loss play a role in if a person develops an eating disorder. Sometimes trauma isn’t a big event but made up of little life events such as moving, a break up, or conflict with friends and family, that affect us overtime. If you or anyone you know is struggling with an eating disorder, visit https://www.eatingrecoverycenter.com/, or call (877) 789-5758 to speak confidentially with a Master’s-level clinician.