Family Socioeconomic Position and Eating Disorder Symptoms Across Adolescence

Are family socioeconomic factors associated with eating disorder symptoms among adolescents?This cohort study including 7824 participants found adolescents from more deprived backgrounds were at highest risk of eating disorder symptoms, especially those whose parents reported difficulties in affording cost of essential material goods. Children of parents who had only compulsory educations were also at highest risk of developing disordered eating compared with children of parents who were had university educations.These findings suggest that reducing socioeconomic inequalities could also help prevent eating disorders in the general population.

Corresponding Author: Jane S. Hahn, MSc, UCL Division of Psychiatry, Maple House, 6th floor Wing A, 149 Tottenham Court Rd, W1T 7NF London, United Kingdom (Sungmin.hahn.19@ucl.ac.uk).

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