A new study found eating disorders are more likely to happen in schools with more female students. The risk can be increasing in numbers, especially if the pupils' parents are college graduates.
Main Causes
The said two factors are the most common reason researchers from five universities in England and Sweden found on why students are experiencing eating disorders, according to UPI. However, they are not sure why, among other circumstances, being in school and having college-educated parents are the main causes.
The analysts assume other accounts affect students' eating disorders like, "aspirational culture" and can be communicable in female-dominated places. They also added some schools might have the ability to define students with eating disorders.
Eating Disorders In All-Girls School
The researchers believe female students' eating disorders can be much worse in an all-girls school. Telegraph reported the condition like anorexia can be transmittable in single-sex universities and has a higher chance to increase the number of affected pupils, the Oxford University research suggested.
The experts concluded eating disorders cause of "aspirational culture" are influencing female students to attain "perfectionism." There are 2.4 perfect of females who have eating disorders from the 55,000 Swedish high school graduates from 2002 to 2010.
Enormous Effect
"Eating disorders have an enormous effect on the lives of young people who suffer from them-it is important to understand the risk factors so that we can address them," Dr. Helen Bould, the research leader and a child and adolescent psychiatrist at the University of Oxford in England. But, Dr. Bould revealed it is hard to determine the exact reason why schools have something to do with female students' eating disorders, Health cited.
It has been quite awhile since some experts noticed eating disorders among young students in schools. "...but this is the first empirical evidence that this is the case," Dr. Bould added.
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