AUTHOR=Young John K. 

TITLE=Ovarian hormones and eating disorders

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=Volume 15 - 2024

YEAR=2024

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1467795

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1467795

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=The goals of this minireview are to 1) briefly review the genetic, physiological, and psychological features of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, 2) examine recent data about how sex hormones could contribute to the dramatic sex differences in the incidence of these disorders, and 3) propose mechanisms by which mutations in genes linked to anorexia nervosa could lead to abnormalities in the brain response to estrogen. These goals conform to the guidelines listed for the scope of Frontiers in Psychology/eating behavior subset.