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Risk factors for developing eating disorder in adolescence
| • Female sex |
| • Repeated dieting |
| • Early puberty |
| • Temperament |
| • Perfectionism |
| • Teasing about weight and dieting |
| • Low self esteem |
| • Losses and major life events |
| • Family dysfunction |
