Are Eating Disorders Genetic?

The Times (UK):

Ten years later, while studying for my Medical Research Council fellowship, I became fascinated by the idea that brain mechanisms could contribute to a biological understanding of eating disorders. Twenty years on, there has been a huge change in the technologies available in understanding disease. The ability to decode the human genetic sequence means that, if a large enough sample of a particular disease is examined, and the DNA of those it affects is looked at, common risk factors emerge.

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