The origin of an eating disorder, such as anorexia, bulimia, orthorexia or bigorexia, is multifactorial, that is due to the interaction of different triggering factors which are chained together.
These disorders are increasing in our society due to the culture of thinness, that is turning into an obsession, and for biological, personal, family and social factors, which interact to contribute the development of eating disorders.
We can identify a number of risk factors that make more “vulnerable” someone to develop a deep dissatisfaction of one’s body, felt as inappropriate in relation to the society’s current canons in which he/she lives.