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. 2004 Dec;9(4):258-63.
doi: 10.1007/BF03325079.

Eating disturbances in siblings of patients with eating disorders

U Wunderlich  1 , M Gerlinghoff, H Backmund
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Eating disturbances in siblings of patients with eating disorders

U Wunderlich et al. Eat Weight Disord. 2004 Dec.

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether siblings of patients with eating disorders show a more disturbed eating behavior and a higher proneness to associated psychological characteristics than controls.

Method: 84 patients with eating disorders of an outpatient clinic, their siblings (n=84) and a control group (n=84) with an age range 14-34 for the total sample were evaluated using the Eating Disorder Inventory-2.

Results: There was no significant difference between the siblings and the controls in disturbed eating behavior.

Discussion: The existence of an eating disorder in patients does not seem to be related to the development of eating disturbed behavior in their siblings.

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