Causes

People don't develop eating disorder just because they want to "lose weight." There are many other causes that could trigger someone to develop an eating disorder.

Self-Esteem

An individual that has an eating disorder may have low self-esteem. The person might think that she isn't good enough and never do anything right. They seem like a burden to others and feel like others need more help than them. He/she may also feel that they don't deserve to be happy and that losing weight would make their lives better.

Relationships
 * Parents
 * lack or praise to a child
 * lose patience quickly if child does something wrong
 * body image in parents
 * negative means of coping with life
 * work-a-holics and don't spend much time with children
 * child abuse
 * divorce within the family
 * lack of communication with parents
 * death of a parent (could be suicide)
 * Siblings
 * sibling harrassing each other about weight and body image
 * feels left out from other siblings
 * long-term illness in a sibling could alter a child's environment
 * death of a sibling
 * Peers
 * child is overweight and picked on
 * shy and has a problem making friends (feels lonely)
 * puberty and adolsense, some may develop sooner or later than others and get picked on
 * playing sports or athletic activities: pressure from coaches to have a certain body type
 * groups of kid starting a "diet" TOGETHER, comparing how much they didn't eat


 * Love Relationships
 * seek acceptance from partner
 * emotional and physical abuse
 * divorce in a marriage
 * alcoholism within a relationship
 * after child birth- want to lose weight gained from pregnancy
 * At Work
 * comments, gossip, or whispering about a co-workers weight
 * bosses could fire you for body image and weight
 * sexual harrassment on the job

“What’s the Cause” Somethingfishy.org