Spring babies have a slightly higher incidence of anorexia nervosa. Babies born in spring are slightly more likely to develop anorexia nervosa, while those born in the autumn have a lower risk, say researchers. A report published in the British Journal of Psychiatry suggests temperature, sunlight, infection or the mother's diet could be responsible. Other academics said the effect was small and the disorder had many causes. The researchers analysed data from four previous studies including 1,293 people with anorexia. The researchers found an "excess of anorexia nervosa births" between March and June - for every seven anorexia cases expected, there were in fact eight. There were also fewer than expected cases in September and October. This has come from http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13208401 What are your thoughts on this?
I think it's a load of crap to put it nicely I never believe things like this. Anorexia is something that affects the mind and is down to Psychology I don't believe that a certain time of year effects if you get it or not it's down to social situations and upbringing. Fair enough statistics may show a lot of people with anorexia was born in the spring but this is conscience and that's it in my opinion anyway though I strongly believe my opinion is correct in this situation
it is a bit hard to believe really that is true maybe there are more born in the spring but that just seems strange
Smell the scent of bullshit? Those kind of studies are always inconclusive. For every such study, there'll be another one saying the opposite thing. All that this particular study has managed to show is a correlation, which does not equal to causation. & incidentally, all the anorectics' birthdays that I happen to know are pretty much equally spaced throughout the year. Also, I really want them to explain to me why exactly they carried out that study. Even if it had found a much stringer correlation, what would that give us? What, would we start screening kids out based on their date of birth? It makes no sense whatsoever. Waste of resources.
Though the possibility of a verified link between the two points...I don't think we should be giving more weight on this justification. A family that practice healthy and normal living is the best defense against the onslaught of eating disorders.
