Disadvantage and disordered eating in boys: Examining phenotypic and genotype × environment associations across development.

ABSTRACT: Socioeconomic disadvantage may be a significant risk factor for disordered eating, particularly for individuals with underlying genetic risk. However, little to nothing is known about the impact of disadvantage on disordered eating in boys during the critical developmental risk period. Crucially, risk models developed for girls may not necessarily apply to boys, as boys show different developmental patterns of disordered eating risk (i.e., earlier activation of genetic influences during adrenarche, an early stage of puberty). This is the first study to examine phenotypic and Genotype × Environment (G × E) effects of disadvantage in boys. Analyses examined 3,484 male twins ages 8-17 (M_age = 12.27, SD = 2.96) from the Michigan State University Twin Registry. Disordered eati

SUBMITTER: Mikhail ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9878376 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature