People born in spring more likely to develop anorexia

[pageeglantine]

Overnight, researchers at the University of Oxford published a study in the British Journal of Psychiatry which found that, in a group of 1293 individuals with anorexia, there was an unusually large number born in northern hemisphere spring - March to June, and a much smaller number born in September and October, compared to national birth

Comments

[chasethefeeling]

I'm Aussie and born in may.. Which is autumn!

[ex_lovedisc]

I am from Washington state, so Northern Hemisphere and I was born in December. ED-NOS. Considering how not-sunny it is most of the year where I live... I guess it would make sense. I have a severe vitamin D deficiency. If I miss a dose, my body goes haywire.

[justhann]

Southern hemisphere, New Zealand. Born in december which is early summer.... Just after spring =]

[justhann]

oh and I have BN wit anorexic tendencies

[01010011]

ain't no such thing. Not that the DSM is infallible or always correct. There's a lot of cross-over between EDs, though, which is slowly gaining more recognition - so it's not accurate to say such-and-such are "anorexic tendencies" or "bulimic tendencies" because most people with BN engage in some form of restricting, and many people with AN either subjectively or objectively binge and/or purge.

[justhann]

thats what i was given a diagnosis as when i was in treatment, and as nothing as changed i just say that is what I've 'got' still now.

[_commonwealth]

Northern hemisphere, late September, anorexic. (And calling bullshit on this study.)

[pageeglantine]

I agree, they haven't exactly proved causality.

[spontanette]

Aotearoa, Southern Hemisphere, Summer, BN