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Causes of eating disorders

No-one knows for sure what causes eating disorders but there are several theories. They may be the result of:

• painful feelings that are hard to talk about
  
• trying to control all the physical changes that happen as we grow up
  
• school or family problems
  
• abuse
  
• lack of confidence
  
• chronic shyness
  
• lack of friends/social group
  
• pressure from the world around us - friends, advertising, newspapers, magazines, TV and films - to be thin

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